The Enchanted LoomTeasing sturdy threads from neuroscience masterworks

Teasing 10 threads from LouannBrizendine’s …

Thread 1:

Some parts of the brain change up to 25% every

month. Things get rocky at times, but for most women, the changes are manageable.

(pg. 3)

Thread 2:

Women’s neurological reality is not as constant

as a man’s. His is like a mountain that is worn away over the milleniaby glaciers, weatherand the deep tectonicmovements of the earth. Hers is likethe weather itself –constantly changingand hard to predict.

(pg. 4)

Thread 3:

Men use about 7000 words per day.Women use about 20,000.

(pg. 14)

Thread 4:

The “nervous system environment” a girlabsorbs during her first two years willaffect her for therest of her life.It appears thatboys may not incorporate somuch of theirmother’snervous system.

(pg. 20)

Thread 5:

Males need to be touched two to threetimes more frequently than females tomaintain the samelevel of oxytocin.Without frequenttouch, the brain’sdopamine and oxytocin receptorscan feel starved.

(pg. 72)

Thread 6:

Girls speak faster on average –250 wordsper minuteversus 125for typical males.

(pg. 36)

Thread 7:

For short-term couplings, men are chasers and women are choosers. That’s not sexstereotyping.It’s our inher-itance from ancestors who learned, over millions of years, how to propagate their genes.

(pg. 59)

Thread 8:

In thirty-seven cultures around the worldwomen are less concerned with a poten-tial husband’s visual appealand moreinterested in his materialresources andsocial status.

(pg. 61)

Thread 9:

Women look for mates who are, on average, at least four inches taller and threeand a half yearsolder.

(pg. 61)

Thread 10:

Falling in love is one of the most irrationalbrain states imaginable for both men andwomen. The brainbecomes literallyblind to the short-comings of the lover. It is an involuntary state.

(pgs. 66)

Image Credits:

Title Page: http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

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Slide 5 - http://neurocontest.med.ubc.ca/2014-contest/

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Slide 14 - http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

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Slide 7 - http://andreasmithmassage.com/2013/06/massages-for-men/

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Mark Brady, PhDTheEnchantedLoom@gmail.com

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