Sex in the Brain

How Seizures, Strokes, Dementia, Tumors, and Trauma Can Change Your Sex Life

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

What controls our sex lives? Our brains. Yet there is surprisingly little research into how our brains influence one of the most fundamental of all human behaviors. And there is even less understanding of what can happen to the sexuality of a person who suffers a brain injury or illness such as a stroke, Parkinson’s disease, or dementia.In Sex in the Brain, clinical neuropsychologist Amee Baird explores fascinating case studies of dramatic changes in sexual behavior and explains what these exceptional stories have to say about human sexuality. She illuminates the extraordinary insights into how the brain works that injury or disease can divulge. Each chapter includes striking personal accounts, many from individuals Baird has met in her clinical practice, of unexpected shifts in sexuality. Until now these fascinating, frightening, and funny stories have been hidden in medical journals or untold outside of the clinical setting. This revealing and sometimes heartbreaking book unfolds a better understanding of the links between brain function and our sexual selves.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-02-04
Mått:140 x 216 x 19 mm
Vikt:396 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Columbia University Press
ISBN:9780231195904

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Amee Baird is a clinical neuropsychologist with a PhD from the University of Melbourne. Involved in research and private practice, she has published widely in academic journals and in The Conversation and is a regular media commentator.

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Sex in the Brain is an intoxicating read about our most important sex organ: the brain. Baird’s book explores neuroscience in a way that is both accessible and engaging, and readers will be fascinated by the untold stories of how brain injury, illness, and disease impact our sex lives. They will walk away with a greater appreciation for the incredible diversity that exists in human sexual behavior and the way it is intricately controlled by the brain.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1. Your Sexiest Brain Bits2. ‘Give It to Me Baby’ or ‘Not Tonight, Darling’3. Sexual Side Effects of Seizure Surgery4. Stimulation, Shunts and Psychosurgery5. Can Sex Change Your Brain?6. What’s Love Got to Do with It?7. From Safety Pins to Sleeping Beauties8. Sex on the Spectrum9. Porn on the Train (and on the Brain)10. Blame It on My BrainAfterwordFurther ReadingAcknowledgmentsIndex