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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2022

Fairly Criticized, or Politicized? Conflicts in the Neuroscience of Sex Differences in the Human Brain.

Cordelia Fine

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Do Sex and Gender Have Separate Identities?Archives of sexual behavior · 2024
    Review
  3. Socioeconomic Factors in Brain Research: Increasing Sample Representativeness with Portable MRI.The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics · 2024
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Cordelia FineHistory & Philosophy of Science Programme, School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Investigations of sex differences in the human brain take place on politically sensitive terrain. While some scholars express concern that gendered biases and stereotypes remain embedded in scientific research, others are alarmed about the politicization of science. To help better understand these debates, this review sets out three kinds of conflicts that can arise in the neuroscience of sex differences: academic freedom versus gender equality; frameworks, background assumptions, and dominant methodologies; and inductive risk and social values. The boundaries between fair criticism and politicization are explored for each kind of conflict, pointing to ways in which the academic community can facilitate fair criticism while protecting against politicization.

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PMID34872970
PMCPMC9341467

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