| Description |
1 online resource (184 pages) |
| Contents |
Well being and psychopathology -- 1. Gender and emotion expression, experience, physiology and well-being: a psychological perspective / Chiara Fiorentini -- Q & A Box Chiara Fiorentini -- 2. Gender and impulsivity: a psychopathological perspective / Martial Van der Linden -- Q & A Box Ralph Erich Schmidt and Martial Van der Linden -- Q & A Box Marco Piccinelli -- The brain -- 3. Gender and social emotions: a review of the neuroscientific literature on empathy and its link to psychopathy, antisocial behavior and alexithymia / Giorgia Silani -- Q & A Box Christian M. Brodbeck and Giorgia Silani -- 4. Gender and the affective brain: neuroscientific perspectives / Patrik Vuilleumier -- Q & A Box Tatjana Aue and Patrick Vuilleumier -- Q & A Box Joseph Andreano and Lisa Feldman Barett -- Q & A Box Erin B. Tone -- Social interactions: present and past -- 5. Gender and nonverbal expression of emotions / Marianne Schmid Mast -- Q & A Box Gaetan Cousin and Marianne Schmid Mast -- 6. Gender differences in risk aversions -- the role of emotions / Anne Boschini -- Q & A Box Eva Ranehill and Anne Boschini -- 7. Gender and shame: a philosophical perspective / Raffaele Rodogno -- Q & A Box Raffaele Rodogno -- 8. Gender and emotion: an anthropological and historico-religious approach (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ancient Judaism, Greece, and Rome) / Delphine Eggel -- Q & A Box Delphine Eggel |
| Summary |
Women express more emotion than men, but do they also experience more emotion than men? Are emotions represented differently in men and women's brains? What are the origins of gender differences in emotions are we born different or is it socialization that renders us different? What are the implications of gender differences in emotion for general well-being, insomnia, depression, antisocial behavior, and alexithymia? What are the most appropriate methodologies for the empirical study of gender differences in emotional experiences? |
| Analysis |
Social Science |
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Women's Studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Emotions.
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Sex (Psychology)
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Sex role.
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sex role.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Physiological Psychology.
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Emotions
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Sex (Psychology)
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Sex role
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Latu, Ioana, 1980- editor.
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Mast, Marianne Schmid, editor
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Kaiser, Susanne, 1975- editor.
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| ISBN |
9783035105995 |
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3035105995 |
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