To the Best of Our Knowledge Tackles the Mystery of Consciousness

On Sunday, February 11, Wisconsin Public Radio's To the Best of Our Knowledge explored the "mystery of consciousness." In the program's second segment, Louann Brizendine, MD, discussed the physical and chemical differences between male and female brains. The 9-minute segment with Brizendine begins 19 minutes into the broadcast. Brizendine is a neuropsychiatrist and director of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic. Her recent book, The Female Brain, shows how the female brain sees the world differently and reacts differently than the male brain at every stage of life from newborn to old age. Related Links: Consciousness To the Best of Our Knowledge, Wisconsin Public Radio (NPR), February 11, 2007 In The Female Brain, UCSF's Brizendine Describes How Women See the World UCSF Today, July 27, 2006 Brizendine Lab