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Pink brain, blue brain : how small differences grow into troublesome gaps--and what we can do about it

Turning conventional thinking about gender differences on its head, Lise Eliot issues a call to close the troubling gaps between boys and girls and help all children reach their fullest potential. Drawing on years of exhaustive research and her own work in the field of neuroplasticity, Eliot argues that infant brains are so malleable that small differences at birth become amplified over time as parents, teachers, and the culture at large unwittingly reinforce gender stereotypes. Indicating points of intervention where social pressures can be minimised, she offers concrete solutions for helping.

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  • "A neuroscientist shatters the myths about gender differences, arguing that the brains of boys and girls are largely shaped by how they spend their time, and offers parents and teachers concrete ways to avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes.--[Source inconnue]."
  • "Turning conventional thinking about gender differences on its head, Lise Eliot issues a call to close the troubling gaps between boys and girls and help all children reach their fullest potential. Drawing on years of exhaustive research and her own work in the field of neuroplasticity, Eliot argues that infant brains are so malleable that small differences at birth become amplified over time as parents, teachers, and the culture at large unwittingly reinforce gender stereotypes. Indicating points of intervention where social pressures can be minimised, she offers concrete solutions for helping."@en
  • "A neuroscientist shatters the myths about gender differences, arguing that the brains of boys and girls are largely shaped by how they spend their time, and offers parents and teachers concrete ways to avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes."
  • "A neuroscientist shatters the myths about gender differences, arguing that the brains of boys and girls are largely shaped by how they spend their time, and offers parents and teachers concrete ways to avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes."@en
  • "A precise scientific exploration of the differences between boys and girls that breaks down damaging gender stereotypes and offers practical guidance for parents and educators. In the past decade, we've come to accept certain ideas about the differences between males and females-that boys can't focus in a classroom, for instance, and that girls are obsessed with relationships. In Pink Brain, Blue Brain, neuroscientist Lise Eliot turns that thinking on its head. Calling on years of exhaustive research and her own work in the field of neuroplasticity, Eliot argues that infant brains are so malleable that small differences at birth become amplified over time, as parents and teachers-and the culture at large-unwittingly reinforce gender stereotypes. Children themselves intensify the differences by playing to their modest strengths. They constantly exercise those "ball-throwing" or "doll-cuddling" circuits, rarely straying from their comfort zones. But this, says Eliot, is just what they need to do, and she offers parents and teachers concrete ways to help. Boys are not, in fact, "better at math" but at certain kinds of spatial reasoning. Girls are not naturally more empathetic; they're allowed to express their feelings. By appreciating how sex differences emerge-rather than assuming them to be fixed biological facts-we can help all children reach their fullest potential, close the troubling gaps between boys and girls, and ultimately end the gender wars that currently divide us."
  • "Wo Männer vom Mars sind und Frauen von der Venus, da ist auch die Überzeugung nicht mehr weit, die Unterschiede zwischen dem weiblichen und dem männlichen Geschlecht seien selbstverständlich angeboren. Weit gefehlt, sagt die Neurobiologin Lise Eliot. Wissenschaftlich lassen sich zwischen den Gehirnen von Mädchen und Jungen vor und kurz nach der Geburt nur sehr geringe Unterschiede feststellen. Erst im Laufe der kindlichen Entwicklung bis zur Pubertät sorgen äußere Einflüsse - Eltern, Lehrer und gesellschaftliche Konventionen insgesamt - für jene markanten Abweichungen, auf denen die gängigen geschlechtsspezifischen Stereotypen beruhen. Eliot räumt mit diesem Schubladendenken gründlich auf. Jungen sind eben keineswegs per se "besser in Mathematik", sondern lediglich in bestimmten Formen räumlichen Denkens. Und Mädchen sind nicht von Natur aus "einfühlsamer" - sie dürfen ihre Gefühle bloß mehr zeigen. Gerade aber in einer zunehmend komplexen und konkurrenzorientierten Welt sollten wir nicht zulassen, dass wir in alten Rollenmustern verharren, wo wir doch über neue Fähigkeiten bei beiden Geschlechtern verfügen. Wie verschieden sind sie? ist ein gleichermaßen erfrischendes, fundiertes und vehementes Plädoyer dafür, verquere Geschlechterkonventionen zu überwinden. Mit einer Fülle konkreter Beispiele und Ratschläge macht Lise Eliot deutlich, dass unsere Gesellschaft und jeder Einzelne gut daran tun, allen Kindern, ob Jungen oder Mädchen, dabei zu helfen, ihr wirkliches Potenzial auszuschöpfen."

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  • "Wie verschieden sind sie? : die Gehirnentwicklung bei Mädchen und Jungen"
  • "Pink brain, blue brain : how small differences grow into troublesome gaps--and what we can do about it"@en
  • "Pink brain, blue brain : how small differences grow into troublesome gaps--and what we can do about it"
  • "Wie verschieden sind sie? Die Gehirnentwicklung bei Mädchen und Jungen"
  • "Cerveau rose, cerveau bleu : les neurones ont-ils un sexe"
  • "Cerveau rose, cerveau bleu : les neurones ont-ils un sexe ?"
  • "Pink brain, blue brain : how small differences grow into troublesome gaps - and what we can do about it"@en
  • "Pink brain, blue brain : how small differences grow into troublesome gaps - and what we can do about it"
  • "Pink brain, blue brain how small differences grow into troublesome gaps--and what we can do about it"
  • "Cerveau rose, cerveau bleu : les neurones ont-ils sexe ?"
  • "Pink Brain, Blue Brain"@en
  • "Pink brain, blue brain : how small differences grow into troublesome gaps-- and what we can do about it"
  • "Pink brain, blue brain : how small differences grow into troublesome gaps--and what we can do about it"@en
  • "Cerveau rose, cerveau bleu : les neurones ont-ils un sexe?"
  • "Pink brain, blue brain : how small differences grow into troublesome gaps, and what we can do about it"

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