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Psychoneuroindoctrinology

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In an age when one in three American adults firmly rejects evolution as false, it is a daunting challenge to write a popular and accessible account of the endocrinology, pharmacology, neurobiology, development and evolution of human sex differences. As a result, we are inclined to give authors who take up the challenge a certain amount of freedom to spruce up the facts in order to attract lay readers, who may not have the patience for the usual cautious, scientific approach.

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  1. Women's Studies Department, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10027, USA

    Rebecca M. Young

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Young, R., Balaban, E. Psychoneuroindoctrinology. Nature 443, 634 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/443634a

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