Neurosexism in functional neuroimaging: From scanner to pseudo-science to psyche

The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 45-60

  Fine, Cordelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446269930.n4     Document Type: Chapter

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