The Mosaic Brain: Sex/Gender & The Neurosciences

The study of sex and gender in neurobiology is being as relevant as controversial. The main challenge identified by carefully looking at guidelines, research projects in the neurosciences and gender studies is how to design and perform experiments by taking into account the diversities found in fema...

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Autores: Aixelá Cabré, Yolanda, García-Segura, Luis Miguel, Gómez-Zurita, Jesús, Nieto, Marta, Ortiz Gómez, Teresa, Guillamón, Antonio, Velasco Martín, Marta, García-Dauder, Dau
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Fundación Dialnet. Universidad de La Rioja
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/46491
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10578/46491
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sex and gender
Neurobiology
Gender bias
Brain and mental disorders
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Sumario:The study of sex and gender in neurobiology is being as relevant as controversial. The main challenge identified by carefully looking at guidelines, research projects in the neurosciences and gender studies is how to design and perform experiments by taking into account the diversities found in females and males and at the same time not participating in feeding the cultures of gender dichotomy around which the society, its hierarchies and biases are articulated. The CSIC has the opportunity to lead the path to a better understanding of diversity, and of the consequences, barriers, misconceptions, and loss of opportunities that gender biases impose in the advancing of knowledge in all fields and our society. In this chapter we expose the challenges we face in order to understand how sex and gender impact in the brain and mental disorders.