The essential difference : male and female brains and the truth about autism / Simon Baron-Cohen.

New York : Basic Books, 2004.

xiii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

1st pbk. ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-264) and index.

The male and female brain -- Boy meets girl -- What is empathizing? -- The female brain as empathizer : the evidence -- What is systemizing? -- The male brain as systemizer : the evidence -- Culture -- Biology -- Evolution of the male and female brain -- Autism : the extreme male brain -- A professor of mathematics -- The extreme female brain : back to the future.