Q&A - How Neurononsense Keeps Women in Their Place
Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 1 Ιουν 2016
What
does neuroscience have to say about transgender issues? Do the things
we’re told about how boys and girls learn dictate how they really do
learn? What role does differences in hormones in males and females have?
Gina Rippon answers questions from the audience following her talk.
Watch the talk here: https://youtu.be/uqR4cw9Amlg
There
is a long history of debate about biological sex differences and their
part in determining gender roles, with the ‘biology is destiny’ mantra
being used to legitimise imbalances in these roles. The tradition is
continuing, with new brain imaging techniques being hailed as sources of
evidence of the ‘essential’ differences between men and women, and the
concept of ‘hardwiring’ sneaking into popular parlance as a brain-based
explanation for all kinds of gender gaps.
But the field is
littered with many problems. Some are the product of ill-informed
popular science writing (neurotrash) based on the misunderstanding or
misrepresentation of what brain imaging can tell us. Some, unfortunately
involve poor science, with scientists using outdated and disproved
stereotypes to design and interpret their research (neurosexism). These
problems obscure or ignore the ‘neuronews’, the breakthroughs in our
understanding of how plastic and permeable our brains are, and how the
concept of ‘hard-wiring’ should be condemned to the dustbin of
neurohistory.
In her talk, Gina Rippon aims to offer ways of
rooting out the neurotrash, stamping out the neurosexism and making way
for neuronews.
Gina Rippon is Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging
at Aston University. Her research involves the application of brain
imaging techniques, particularly electroencephalography, (EEG) and
magnetoencephalography (MEG), to studies of normal and abnormal
cognitive processes.
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does neuroscience have to say about transgender issues? Do the things
we’re told about how boys and girls learn dictate how they really do
learn? What role does differences in hormones in males and females have?
Gina Rippon answers questions from the audience following her talk.
Watch the talk here: https://youtu.be/uqR4cw9Amlg
There
is a long history of debate about biological sex differences and their
part in determining gender roles, with the ‘biology is destiny’ mantra
being used to legitimise imbalances in these roles. The tradition is
continuing, with new brain imaging techniques being hailed as sources of
evidence of the ‘essential’ differences between men and women, and the
concept of ‘hardwiring’ sneaking into popular parlance as a brain-based
explanation for all kinds of gender gaps.
But the field is
littered with many problems. Some are the product of ill-informed
popular science writing (neurotrash) based on the misunderstanding or
misrepresentation of what brain imaging can tell us. Some, unfortunately
involve poor science, with scientists using outdated and disproved
stereotypes to design and interpret their research (neurosexism). These
problems obscure or ignore the ‘neuronews’, the breakthroughs in our
understanding of how plastic and permeable our brains are, and how the
concept of ‘hard-wiring’ should be condemned to the dustbin of
neurohistory.
In her talk, Gina Rippon aims to offer ways of
rooting out the neurotrash, stamping out the neurosexism and making way
for neuronews.
Gina Rippon is Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging
at Aston University. Her research involves the application of brain
imaging techniques, particularly electroencephalography, (EEG) and
magnetoencephalography (MEG), to studies of normal and abnormal
cognitive processes.
Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe
Watch more science videos on the Ri Channel http://richannel.org
The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science
and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution
and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/
Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://richannel.org/newsletter / Our editorial policy: http://richannel.org/home/editorial-p...
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