{"product_id":"9781451611564","title":"This Is Your Brain on Sex : The Science Behind the Search for Love","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThis Is Your Brain on Sex\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Kayt Sukel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreviously published as \u003ci\u003eDirty Minds: How Our Brains Influence Love, Sex, and Relationships.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePHILOSOPHERS, THEOLOGIANS, ARTISTS, AND BOY BANDS HAVE WAXED \u003c\/b\u003epoetic for centuries about the nature of love. But what does the \u003ci\u003ebrain \u003c\/i\u003ehave to say about the way we carry our hearts? In the wake of a divorce, science writer and single mother Kayt Sukel made herself a guinea pig in the labs of some unusual love experts to find out. \u003ci\u003eThis Is Your Brain on Sex \u003c\/i\u003eis her lively and hilarious examination of the big questions about love and sex, previously published in hardcover as \u003ci\u003eDirty Minds\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEach chapter of this edgy romp through the romantic brain looks at a different aspect of love above the belt. What in your brain makes you love someone—or simply lust after them? Why do good girls like bad boys? Is monogamy practical? How thin is that line between love and hate? After reading this gimlet-eyed look at love, sex, and the brain, you’ll never look at romance the same way again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"A serious, informative and highly entertaining survey of the neurobiology of sexual attraction.”\u003cbr\u003e“A fun and insightful read [that] manages to evoke the feel of both a wine-laden conversation with an old friend and a great neuroscience lecture from your favorite college professor.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"It was the cotton-top tamarin monkeys that did it for me...Sukel's book fairly bristles with such causes to reflect on our erotic complexity.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"With humor and flair, Sukel takes us through the whole human drama -- loving, hating, cheating, losing, orgasming, parenting, punishment, and reward -- and at the end we realize something truly startling: it's all in our minds.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Kayt Sukel's [\u003ci\u003eDirty Minds]\u003c\/i\u003e merges the bracing realities of science with the mysterious thrill of love and attraction. Provocative, well-researched, and compulsively readable, this book opens the mind (dirty or otherwise) and stirs the soul.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Love and sex are two of the eternal mysteries of the human experience--but in her compelling new book . . . Kayt Sukel lifts the curtain to give us a fresh and fascinating look at our intimate lives. Sukel shows us how neuroscientists are venturing into the realm once reserved for poets and songwriters, and returning with bold new knowledge about the brain in love and in the throes of pleasure. After reading this seductively interesting book, you'll never think about a date or a kiss or a breakup the same way again.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781451611564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592344645838,"sku":"9781451611564","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_9c96bf4f-172b-4268-b3e2-309f1e981709.jpg?v=1637766379","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781451611564","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}