The Bingo Theory: A revolutionary guide to love, life, and relationships - Mimi Ikonn (2016)
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 1
Yin and Yang story
Bierlein, J.F, Parallel Myths, Random House Publishing Group, 16 Jun 2010
Simon Baron Cohen, Empathizing and Systemizing Brain
Macrae, Fiona - Do you have a male or female brain? How women could earn more by thinking like men, Daily Mail, 30 October 2015
Mosley, Michael, Do you have a male or female brain? The simple test that investigates your ‘gender personality’... and the answer will surprise you, Daily Mail, 26 April 2015,
BBC One, Horizon asked Professor Alice Roberts
BBC.com, Sex ID, Brain Sex, Science: Human Mind and Body
Stains, Laurence Roy, Why Men Need to Show Emotion, Men’s Health, September 13, 2006
A Unique Mosaic
Rumbelow, Helen, Why there is no such thing as a Female brain, The Times, December 2 2015
Hamzelou, Jessica, Brains are not male or female, New Scientist, December 5 2015
Societal pressures
Holloway, Kali, Masculinity Is Killing Men: The Roots of Men and Trauma. AlterNet.com
June 6, 2015
CHAPTER 2
The Finger Test
Manning, John, Digit Ratio, Faber and Faber 2009
Mosley Michael, The tests that show if you've got a male or female brain: The answer may surprise you - and explain your personality, Daily Mail, 30 September 2014
Hanlon, Michael, What the length of your index finger says about you, Daily Mail, 3 December 2010
CHAPTERS 4-7
The physical characteristics of the 4 types as shaped by testosterone and estrogen
Angier, Natalie, Male Hormone Molds Women, Too, In Mind and Body, New York Times, May 3, 1994
Burne, Jerome, What a man can’t resist: the perfect waist-hip ratio, Independent, 3 October 1994
Highfield, Roger, Attractive women are more than just a pretty face, Telegraph, 02 Nov 2005
Pincott, Jena, Sex, science and the art of seduction: What really makes us attractive to the opposite sex, Daily Mail, 8 October 2008
Why the ‘Perfect’ Body isn’t always perfect: How Hormones interact with Waist-to-hip ratios in Women, University of Chicago Press Journals, December 5, 2008
CHAPTER 8
Cinderella
Cinderella, Kenneth Branagh and Chris Weitz, Walt Disney, 2015
Leonardo Da Vinci was a Bingo
Papova, Maria, Leonardo’s Brain: What a Posthumous Brain Scan Six Centuries Later Reveals about the Source of Da Vinci’s Creativity, Brainpickings.com, referencing Leonardo’s Brain: Understanding Da Vinci’s Creative Genius, by Leonard Shlain
Papova, Maria, Why ‘Psychological Androgyny’ is Essential for Creativity, Brainpickings.com referencing Creativity, The Psychology of Discovery and Invention, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Bergland, Christopher, Einstein’s Genius Linked to Well-Connected Brain Hemispheres, psychologytoday.com, October 05, 2013.
CHAPTER 9: How to become a Bingo for Feminine Strength Female or Male
Vigorous Exercise
Mercola, Joseph, 9 Body Hacks to Naturally Increase Testosterone, mercola.com, July 27 2012.
Power Pose
Cuddy, Amy, Your Body Language Shapes you are Are, Ted.com, June 2012
Power Dress
Bridge, Sarah, why simply putting on exercise gear will make you WANT to work out - and means you will get better results too, Mail on Sunday, 16 December 2013
Get Your Hands Dirty
Davidson, Jacob, Chopping Wood: a Manlier feel than Sports, TIME, August 26th 2013
CHAPTER 10: How to become a Bingo for Feminine Strength Female or Male
Express
Hagan, Pat, Don’t bottle up your emotions - it’ll knock years off your life and raise cancer risk by 70 percent, Daily Mail, September 7 2013
Spend time alone
Bourg Carter, Sherrie, Reasons You Should Spend More Time Alone: The Healthy Aspects of Solitude, psychologytoday.com Jan 31, 2012
Get a massage
Rabin, Roni Caryn, Regimens: Massage Benefits Are More Than Skin Deep, New York Times, September 20, 2010,
Macrae, Fiona, Cuddle hormone holds the secret to looking beautiful: Whiff of oxytocin makes men find their partners more attractive, 26 November 2013
Take a Nap
Barker, Eric, Why you should really take a nap this afternoon, according to science, The Week, July 25, 2014
Get a pet
Sample, Ian, Dogs are man's best friend thanks to bonding hormone, research shows, The Guardian, April 16, 2015
Skerrett, Patrick J, Pets can help their humans create friendships, find social support, Harvard Health, October 29 2015
Scott, Sophie, 10 things you may not know about laughter, bbc.com, 26 October 2016
Dress Up
Bridge, Sarah, Why simply putting on exercise gear will make you WANT to work out - and means you will get better results too, Mail on Sunday, 16 December 2013
Be in Nature
Reynolds, Gretchen, How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain New York Times, July 22, 2015
Acupuncture
Christian, Nordqvist, How does acupuncture work? Medicalnewstoday.com 21 December 2015
Read fiction
Bury, Liz Reading literary fiction improves empathy, study finds, guardian.com, 8 October 2013
Listen to music
Griffiths, Sarah, Feeling down? Then listen to SAD music: Melancholy tunes lift our moods, Daily Mail, November 4 2014
CHAPTER 11: Bingo Relationships
The Magical Kitchen
Ruiz, Don Miguel, The Mastery of Love, Amber-Allen Publishing, Inc, 1999
PART VII: The Bigger Bingo
Bolte-Taylor, Jill, My stroke of insight, ted.com, March 2008