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Hormones and sexual behaviour1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

John Bancroft
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Psychiatrists react to the complexity of human nature in two principal ways; they either take it as justification for their ascientific humanism, or, with unwavering optimism, they accept the challenge and seek scientific explanations. ‘Hormones and behaviour’ has been a favourite hunting ground for such hopefuls, and it is perhaps the sexual part of our natures that we are most ready to attribute to chemistry.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , November 1977 , pp. 553 - 556
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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