Amee Baird

Sex in the Brain

How Seizures, Strokes, Dementia, Tumors, and Trauma Can Change Your Sex Life

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Produktbeschreibung

Amee Baird explores memorable cases of brain injuries and disease that have effected significant changes in sexual behavior and reveals what these exceptional stories have to say about human sexuality. Each chapter includes striking personal accounts, many from individuals Baird has met in her clinical practice, of unexpected changes in sexuality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 146mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9780231195904
• ISBN-10: 0231195907
• Artikelnr.: 56741726

Autorenporträt

Amee Baird

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Your Sexiest Brain Bits
2. 'Give It to Me Baby' or 'Not Tonight, Darling'
3. Sexual Side Effects of Seizure Surgery
4. Stimulation, Shunts and Psychosurgery
5. Can Sex Change Your Brain?
6. What's Love Got to Do with It?
7. From Safety Pins to Sleeping Beauties
8. Sex on the Spectrum
9. Porn on the Train (and on the Brain)
10. Blame It on My Brain
Afterword
Further Reading
Acknowledgments
Index