“In fact, we were never really forgiven for puberty.”
If hormones carried out marketing studies, this is undoubtedly the sad conclusion they would reach, slips German neuroscience doctor Franca Parianen, author of a delightful book on these strange substances victims of an undeserved reputation and a
" pile of outdated concepts, dusty models (…) and myths”
.
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No offense to current language,
“under hormonal influence”
does not mean
“irrational”
, insists Franca Parianen.
"Without hormones, our brain would be irremediably out of order",
unable to interact with the body and its environment and to maintain a fragile balance in an environment that is constantly changing and full of demands.
Growth and quality of bones, seasonal and sleep rhythms, immune system, digestion, reproduction but also the smell we give off, range of our voice, emotions, cognitive abilities, pleasure... Nothing escapes hormones...
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