Lise Eliot » Reviews

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:08:13 +0000

“The belief in blue brains and pink brains has real-world consequences…Read [Eliot’s] masterful book and you’ll never view the sex-differences debate the same way again.”
–Sharon Begley, Newsweek

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:07:56 +0000

“In an era when advocates for boys and girls shrilly compete over which sex has it worse in school, Eliot is remarkably even-handed. . . Reading this book has made me see my kids and their world differently.”
–Emily Bazelon, The Washington Post

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:07:33 +0000

“Lise Eliot nimbly refutes the overemphasis on sex differences that has dominated popular thinking in our Mars and Venus age–but without resorting to a facile denial of differences, either. This is a lively, marvelously clear and readable book that combines all the latest research on sex differences with smart, sensible and humane advice to parents on how bring out the fullest potential in both boys and girls.”
—Margaret Talbot, Staff Writer, The New Yorker

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:07:18 +0000

“I can’t stop talking about Pink Brain, Blue Brain. Every time I see a toddler on a playground, or walk into a toy store, I remember some remarkable new fact I learned from Lise Eliot. This book will change the way you think about boys, girls, and how we come to be who we are.”
—Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide and
Proust Was a Neuroscientist

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:07:02 +0000

“I wish that Pink Brain, Blue Brain had been available when my children were small. It’s smart about our biology, smart about our culture—and genuinely thought-provoking in considering the way the two intersect. Read it if you’re a parent seeking some savvy insight on child rearing, as a teacher looking to help students—or just read it for the pleasure of understanding yourself a little better.”
—Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Sex on the Brain:
The Biological Differences Between Men and Women

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:06:36 +0000

“Eliot doesn’t take sides in the nature-nurture debate. First and foremost, she is a scientist, not an activist.”
—Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon.com

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:06:19 +0000

“Boys are better in math, girls are more empathetic — there’s something almost alluring about the idea that our brains are wired differently. But in her new book, Pink Brain, Blue Brain, author and neuroscientist Lise Eliot synthesizes decades of research on the topic and concludes that both sexes — boys in particular — are suffering under our assumptions about their nature.”—Heather Turgeon, babble.com

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:06:04 +0000

“Lise Eliot surveys the real science of sex differences in a way that is clear and careful as well as entertaining, and her advice on everything from public policy to parenting is sensible and scientifically grounded.”
— Mark Liberman, University of Pennsylvania

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:05:47 +0000

“Lise Eliot covers a wealth of the best scientific work on gender in an accessible and engaging style. The suggestions she offers for raising and teaching children are well grounded in research and readily implemented in practice. Pink Brain, Blue Brain is an excellent resource for parents, educators, and anyone else interested in how boys and girls develop.”
—Lynn S. Liben, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychology
at Penn State University

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:05:26 +0000

Lise Eliot, a first-rate scholar and a superb neuroscientist, has now brought her extensive knowledge and insight to bear on the difficult and socially important issue of gender difference in her marvelous new book, Pink Brain, Blue Brain. … Eliot explains, in language that is clear to all of us, that these sex differences are plastic and can be modified by experience. ..This is a wonderfully optimistic book that will be helpful not only to parents and grandparents but to the general public as well.
—Eric Kandel, Nobel Laureate and Professor, Columbia University