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Challenging Neurosexism
In her brilliant Royal Institution lecture last week, Professor Gina Rippon from Aston University comprehensively trashed ‘neurotrash’ and the harmful gender stereotypes which it perpetuates. The term ‘neurotrash’ refers to the inappropriate application of neuroscientific findings to everyday life. Gina … Continue reading
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Tagged brain science, determinism, discrimination, Equality, Gina Rippon, inequality, neuroscience, neurosexism, neurotrash, Raymond Tallis, reductionism, Science, sexism
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