Enriching Heredity: Impact of the Environment on the Anatomy of the Brain by Marion C. Diamond

by Marian C. Diamond

Argues that experiments show that an enriched environment can improve brain size, looks at the effects of sex hormones in brain development, and discusses the implications for the future

Genres: Science

Hardcover

First published August 1, 1988

About the author

Marian C. Diamond, Ph.D., is a Professor of Anatomy at the University of California at Berkeley. She teaches general human anatomy and neutoanatomy and has conducted numerous lines of reasearch into the effect of the environment and hormones on the forebrain. Dr. Diamond is perhaps best known for her investigations into structural changes in the cerebral cortex induced by an enriched environment and structural lateralization of the cortex as influenced by sex steroid hormones.