NeuroSchool seminar: Gina Rippon

Seminar by Gina Rippon

Cognitive Neuroimaging at the Aston Brain Centre, Aston University, UK

On Monday, 10 June, 2024, the NeuroSchool PhD Program is inviting Gina Rippon, at CERIMED, Timone Campus, to give a seminar on the Neurosexism and the Brain: how gender stereotypes can distort or even damage research.

Professor Gina Rippon is a Past President of the British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience. Her research has involved state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques to investigate developmental disorders such as autism. She also explores the use of neuroscience techniques to investigate social processes, especially those associated with sex/gender differences in the human brain. She is a passionate supporter of initiatives to address the under-representation of women in all spheres of influence, especially science.Gina Rippon is an outspoken critic of ’neurotrash’, the populist (mis)use of neuroscience research to (mis)represent our understanding of brain-behaviour links, particularly on the topic of sex/gender differences. Her book on such topics, ‘The Gendered Brain’, published by Bodley Head and Penguin Random House, came out in the UK in 2019.

The ‘Hunt the Sex Difference’ agenda has informed brain research for decades, if not centuries. This talk aims to demonstrate how a fixed belief in differences between ‘male’ and ‘female’ brains can narrow and even distort the research process. This can include the questions that are asked, the methodology selected and the analytical pipeline. It can also powerfully inform the interpretation of results and the ‘spin’ used in the public communication of such research.

The schedule is as follows:

• 1 PM : Discussion among students to discuss the papers  – For PhD students only
• 2 PM : Seminar – Open to all- CERIMED
  
• 3 PM : Special discussion time with the speaker – For PhD students only

📢 PhD students: register on AMETICE. Remember to sign the online presence sheet in order for your hours to be counted. Attendants get 3 hours, chairpersons 4 hours.