Reviews for Sex on the brain

The average rating for Sex on the brain based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-01-31 00:00:00 Your Punisher This book is not a self-help or sex-help book! It's a very interesting book detailing how how brain plays a part in every decision we make concerning mating and dating. It is incredible how much hormones and brain function determinds who we find attractive, why we stay with one partner and not another, how we bond with our partners and more. Another interesting part of the book is the explanation about female vs. male brains and why each sex does the things that they do. Based on science, the author is one of the leading experts in brain behavior and knows what he is talking about.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-05-05 00:00:00 Ruth Locke I'm fascinated by sex. I'm fascinated by the brain. I have a little bit of a crush on Daniel Amen. This book had so much potential, and fell so flat. Mainly, it felt like it would have made a better article than book, or that it should have gone through a few more rigorous rounds of editing. Yes, I know that sexuality doesn't exist independently of other variables in one's life (mental illness, health, etc.), but this book had SO many tangents in it that left me wondering a) what exactly this was SUPPOSED to say about the topic at and and b) when we would get back to said topic. There wasn't really anything new here; it's just a repackaging of the information I already read in "Change Your Brain, Change Your Body," which already includes a chapter on sex. It felt like a book that was quickly pushed out the door because of it being a "hot topic" (when is sex not a hot topic, after all?) for a quick buck or a surge in PR appearances. I guess that if this is the "hook" that's necessary to get the average person caring about their brain's health, then this book has it's place. It just wasn't really with me.