Just like a circus: The public consumption of sex differences

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 279-296

  Maney, Donna L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain based learning; Neuromyth; Neurosexism; Pseudoscience; Reverse inference; Sex differences; Single sex education

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MASS MEDIUM; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROSEXISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCIENTIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; SEXISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDS;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXISM;

EID: 84923327564     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2014_339     Document Type: Article

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