BORN GAY: THE PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF SEX ORIENTATION

Book ID/图书代码： 10725005B12826

English Summary/英文概要： Are people born gay, or does upbringing or even conscious personal choice play a part? The acrimonious row between gay rights activists and God-fearing conservatives over this burning question has now raged for over a decade. But the science they employ in their arguments is not merely outmoded but often fallacious. Since the ground-breaking work of Simon LeVay and Dean Hamer in the early ’90s, a tremendous amount of new research has been carried out by scientists who now understand a great deal more about the biology of sexual attraction. How much does the non-scientific community really know about this research or understand the far-reaching implications of it?

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 以心理学角度的科学书

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About the Author/作者介绍： Dr Glenn Wilson is Reader in Personality at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada at Reno. He is a pioneer in the field of evolutionary theories of sex differences, attractions and love and is ranked within the ten most cited British psychologists. He has published more than one hundred scientific articles and thirty books on a range of topics. His research includes the following areas: personality and individual differences (measurement and theory); social and political attitudes; sexual attraction, deviation and dysfunction; marital incompatibility; startle reflex modulation as a measure of emotion; psychology applied to performing arts.

Dr Qazi Rahman is currently lecturer in Psychobiology in the School of Psychology at the University of East London. Dr Rahman obtained his BSc (Hons) in Psychology at the University of Staffordshire and his PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry (King’s College, London) where he examined the neurodevelopmental, sensorimotor and neurocognitive basis of human sexual orientation. He has held a Lectureship in Neuropsychology at the Institute of Psychiatry and at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Schools (Kings College, London). He has also completed post-doctoral research at the Institute of Psychiatry.Dr Rahman’s research expertise focuses on the psychobiology of human sexual orientation and sex differences in cognition. He is regarded as one of the leading young scientists in this area of study. His other interests include cognitive neuropsychology, behavioural nueroendocrinology (the relationship between hormones and behaviour), neurodevelopment (examining biological markers in prenatal and early postnatal life and their influence on behaviour, particularly sexual preference), sexual behaviour in relation to health (for example, predicting risky sexual behaviours involved in sexually transmitted infections) and gender and sexual-orientation-related differences in mental health disorder.

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