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ArticleBrain structure & function2024

Researchers' sex/gender identity influences how sex/gender question is investigated in neuroscience: an example from an OHBM meeting.

Maria Picó-Pérez, Elena Abalos Marco, Lindsey T Thurston, Valerie Ambrosi, Sarah Genon, Katherine L Bryant, Ana Belén Martínez, Lu Ciccia, Anelis Kaiser Trujillo

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Article in Brain structure & function, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors at 7 institutions in 7 countries.

Maria Picó-PérezLife and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Elena Abalos MarcoGender in STEM, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Lindsey T ThurstonDepartment of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Valerie AmbrosiInstitute Technology and Education, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
Sarah GenonInstitute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
Katherine L BryantLaboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, Université Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France.
Ana Belén MartínezFilosofía de la Biología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lu CicciaCentro de Investigaciones y Estudios de Género, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México.
Anelis Kaiser TrujilloGender in STEM, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. anelis.kaiser@tf.uni-freiburg.de.
University of Freiburg · DELaboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive · FRUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MXUniversitat Jaume I · ESUniversity of Bremen · DEUniversity of Buenos Aires · ARUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

European Union NextGeneration EU RYC2021-031228-IFoundation for Science and Technology (FCT) EXPL/PSI-GER/1030/2021Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) project UIDB/50026/2020,Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) UIDP/50026/2020Heisenberg Program of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (GE 2835/2-1)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gender inequality and diversity in STEM is a challenging field of research. Although the relation between the sex/gender of the researcher and the scientific research practices has been previously examined, less interest has been demonstrated towards the relation between sex/gender of the researcher and the way sex/gender as a variable is explored. Here, we examine, from a neurofeminist perspective, both questions: whether sex/gender identity is related to the examination of sex/gender as a variable and whether different approaches towards examining sex/gender are being used in different topics of study within neuroscience. Using the database of submitted posters to the Organization of Human Brain Mapping 2022 annual conference, we identified abstracts examining a sex/gender-related research question. Among these target abstracts, we identified four analytical categories, varying in their degree of content-related complexity: (1) sex/gender as a covariate, (2) sex/gender as a binary variable for the study of sex/gender differences, (3) sex/gender with additional biological information, and (4) sex/gender with additional social information. Statistical comparisons between sex/gender of researcher and the target abstract showed that the proportion of abstracts from Non-binary or Other first authors compared to both Women and Men was lower for all submitted abstracts than for the target abstracts; that more researchers with sex/gender-identity other than man implemented analytical category of sex/gender with additional social information; and, for instance, that research involving cognitive, affective, and behavioural neuroscience more frequently fit into the sex/gender with additional social information-category. Word cloud analysis confirmed the validity of the four exploratorily identified analytical categories. We conclude by discussing how raising awareness about contemporary neurofeminist approaches, including perspectives from the global south, is critical to neuroscientific and societal progress.

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BrainGender IdentityFemaleHeadHumansMaleSex FactorsEqualityNeurofeminismOHBMSex/gender research

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