Testosterone : sex, power, and the will to win / Joe Herbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herbert, Joe, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Testosterone.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We inherit mechanisms for survival from our primeval past; none so obviously as those involved in reproduction. The hormone testosterone underlies the organization of activation of masculinity: it changes the body and brain to make a male. It is involved not only in sexuality but in driving aggression, competitiveness, risk-taking - all elements that were needed for successful survival and reproduction in the past. But these ancient systems are carried forward into amodern world. The ancient world shaped the human brain, but the modern world is shaped by that brain. How does this world, with a

Contents:

""COVER""; ""TESTOSTERONE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""DEDICATION""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""1: Testosterone and Human Evolution""; ""2: What is Testosterone?""; ""3: Testosterone Makyth Man""; ""4: Testosterone and Sex""; ""5: Testosterone and Aggression""; ""6: Controlling Testosterone""; ""7: Winning, Losing, and Making Money""; ""8: Testosterone and War""; ""9: Testosterone in Women""; ""10: Testosterone and the Brain""; ""NOTES""; ""INDEX""; ""BAD MOVES""; ""BRAINWASHING""; ""EXTREME""; ""HAPPINESS""; ""RUN, SWIM, THROW, CHEAT""; ""THE BRAIN SUPREMACY""

""THE STRESSED SEX""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-103805-9

0-19-872498-5

0-19-103804-0

OCLC:

904755625