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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Cheryl L. WeillPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780789034748ISBN 10: 0789034743 Pages: 246 Publication Date: 13 August 2008 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Definitions Homosexuality is Not a Mental Disorder or Disease Gender Characterization Sexual Orientation Two Myths Summary Chapter 3. Human Sexual Development Morphological Development Neurological Development Summary Chapter 4. Hormones and Sexual Development Gonadal Hormones and How They Work Studies of Normal Animals Animal Experiments Nature’s Human Experiments Summary Chapter 5. Gestational Neurohormonal Theory Neuro-Organization Sex-Typical Behavior Deductions Summary Chapter 6. Science What is Science? Experimental Design What Science Can Tell Us Science in the United States Summary Chapter 7. Genetics Family Studies Twin Studies Genetic Linkage Analysis Specific Genes Summary Chapter 8. Brain Anatomy Sex-Specific Behavior Patterns Suprachiasmatic Nucleus The Anterior Hypothalamus The Anterior Commissure Summary Chapter 9. Sex-Typical Behavior in Children Summary Chapter 10. Anthropometrics: Body Measurements Long Bones Finger Length Ratio Dermatoglypics: Fingerprint Analysis Height and Weight Waist to Hip Ratio in Women Penis Size Onset of Puberty Summary Chapter 11. Sensory Systems Hearing Eye-Blink Startle Reflex Smelling Summary Chapter 12. Cerebral Lateralization Handedness Cognitive Functions Sexual Orientation Summary Chapter 13. Gay Men and Older Brothers The Fraternal Birth Order Effect Maternal Immune Hypothesis Older Brothers and Other Characteristics Summary Chapter 14. Maternal Behaviors Stress Alcohol Nicotine Hormones Prescription Drugs Summary Chapter 15. Conclusions Summary of Positive and Null Effects Chapter 16. The Use of Science Chapter 17. Epilogue Appendix Glossary Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationDr. Cheryl L. Weill received a B.S. degree from the College of Chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley in 1969 and a Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1974. After additional training in molecular neuroscience at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratories, and Harvard Medical School she embarked on an independent research and teaching career in the Departments of Neurology and Anatomy and the Neuroscience Center at Louisiana State University Health Science Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her research was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation and concerned the survival of neurons during development, and the identification of the genes and the molecular signals used by neurons for their survival. In 1993, she presented a lecture on the biology of sexual orientation at the PFLAG National Convention and has presented updated material upon which Nature's Choice is based forty-six times to PFLAG chapters, medical school classes, continuing education classes, graduate school classes, churches, social worker and other organizations. She retired from academic science in 1999, obtaineed a Masters of Social Work degree from the University of Denver in 2001, is licensed as an LSW and is in private clinical practice in Denver, CO. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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