1st Edition

The Handbook of Sex Differences Volume I Basic Biology

1018 Pages
by Routledge

1018 Pages
by Routledge

1018 Pages
by Routledge

The Handbook of Sex Differences is a four-volume reference work assembled and written to assess sex differences in human traits (although findings regarding other species are also included). Based on the authors’ highly influential 2008 book Sex Differences, these volumes highlight important new research findings from the last decade and a half alongside earlier findings. Conclusions reached... Read more

1. Reproduction, Development and Morphology  2. Anatomical and Physiological Factors  3. Bodily Fluids, Biochemicals, and Biochemical Receptors 4. The Brain: Structure and Functioning  5. Physical Health and Illness  6. Responses to Physical and Chemical Environmental Factors  7. Responses to Stress and to Pain  8. Prenatal Factors

Biography

Lee Ellis is a semi-retired American researcher whose last position was that of a visiting professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Craig T. Palmer is a semi-retired associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

Rosemary Hopcroft is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

Anthony W. Hoskin is a professor in the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminology at Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA.