Table of Contents

The male and female brain; boy meets girl; what is empathizing?; the female brain as empathizer - the evidence; what is systemizing?; the male brain as systemizer - the evidence; culture; biology; evolution of the male and female brain; a professor in mathematics; the extreme female brain - back to the future. Appendices: the "reading the mind in the eyes" test; the empathy quotient (EQ); the systemizing quotient (SQ); the autism spectrum quotient (AQ).

About the Author

Simon Baron-Cohen is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Cambridge