The Gendered Brain

Informationen zum Autor Professor Gina Rippon is an international researcher in the field of cognitive neuroscience based at the Aston Brain Centre at Aston University in Birmingham. Her research involves the use of state-of-the-art brain-imaging techniques to investigate developmental disorders such as autism. She is a regular contributor to events such as the British Science Festival, New Scientist Live and the Sceptics in the Pub series. In 2015 she was made an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association for her contributions to the public communication of science. She is also an advocate for initiatives to help overcome the under-representation of women in STEM subjects. As part of a European Union Gender Equality Network, she has addressed conferences all over the world. She belongs to WISE and ScienceGrrl, and is a member of Robert Peston’s Speakers4Schools programme and the Inspiring the Future initiative. The Gendered Brain is her first book for the general reader. Klappentext A myth-debunking assessment of gender and the brain, presenting thoughts and brain processes as gendered. Zusammenfassung Using the latest cutting-edge neuroscience, Gina Rippon unpacks the stereotypes that bombard us from our earliest moments and shows how these messages mould our ideas of ourselves and even shape our brains.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gina Rippon
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781784706814
• ISBN: 978-1-78470-681-4
• Pagine: 448
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 27 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Scienze naturali; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Neurosciences, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Psychology of gender