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Sexual Orientation: Toward Biological Understanding

Autor Lee Ellis
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 oct 1997 – vârsta până la 17 ani
Genetic, hormonal, neurological, and other biological factors need to be taken into account to fully understand sexual orientation. This work represents the latest research and theory on causes of variation in sexual orientation. It looks at sexual orientation as a cross-species phenomenon with numerous determining factors.This work is a collection of chapters by some of the leading researchers in the scientific study of sexual orientation. The theory that many genetic, hormonal, neurological, and other biological factors need to be taken into account to fully understand sexual orientation is espoused in this book. It presents much of the latest research on the causes of variation in sexual orientation and related phenomena. It views sexual orientation as a cross-species phenomenon with both biological and environmental determinants.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780275956516
ISBN-10: 0275956512
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

LEE ELLIS is Professor, Department of Sociology at Minot State University. He has conducted research on biological influences on sexual orientation since the mid-1980s. His major interests are in the areas of the effects of genes, sex hormones, and brain functioning on all aspects of behavior, particularly behavior having to do with aggression, criminality, social stratification, and sexual orientation. Ellis is editor of several books, including Male/Female Differences in Behavior (Praeger,forthcoming), Social Stratification and Socioeconomic Inequality, Volume I (Praeger, 1993) and Volume II (Praeger, 1994), and (with Harry Hoffman) Crime in Biological, Social, and Moral Contexts (Praeger, 1990).LINDA EBERTZ helped organize the 1995 International Behavioral Development Symposium (along with Lee Ellis). She is a graduate of Minot State University.

Cuprins

Foreword by Brian A. GladuePrefaceGenetic and Perinatal Influences on Sexual OrientationNeuroendocrine Foundations of Diverse Sexual Phenotypes in Fish by Matthew S. GroberExperimental Alterations of Prenatal Determinants of Sexual Orientation and Sex-Typical Behavior in Non-Human Mammals by Craig H. Kinsley, Kelly Gurley Lambert, and Hendree JonesThe Role of Prenatal Estrogens in Sexual Orientation by Heino F. L. Meyer-BahlburgSexual Behavior and Sexual Orientation in Females with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia by Ralf W. DittmannPerinatal Influences on Behavior and Health, with Special Emphasis on Sexual Orientation and Other Sex-Linked Behavior by Lee EllisNeurological and Physiological Aspects of Sexual OrientationSexual Differentiation of the Brain and Partner Preference in the Male Rat: Behavioral, Neuroanotomical and Neuroimmunocytochemical Studies by Julie Bakker and A. Koos SlobSexual Orientation in the Domestic Ram: Some Biological and Social Correlates by Anne Perkins and James A. FitzgeraldSexual Differentiation of the Human Hypothalamus: Differences According to Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Transsexuality by D. F. Swaab, J. N. Zhou, M. Fodor, and M. A. HofmanSexual Orientation and Handedness: A Reanalysis of Recent Data and Research Considerations for Future Inquiry by David W. HoltzenTranssexuality and Adextrality: Do They Share a Common Origin? by Anna Herman-Jegliska, Stanislaw Dulko, and Anna GrabowskaSex, Sexual Orientation, and Cognition by Diane F. Halpren and Marciana CrothersReferencesName IndexSubject Index