Neurosexism: the myth that men and women have different brains

The hunt for male and female distinctions inside the skull is a lesson in bad research practice, writes Lise Eliot.
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  1. Lise Eliot

    1. Lise Eliot is professor of neuroscience at the Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Illinois.

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Nature 566, 453-454 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00677-x

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  • Correction 06 March 2019: An earlier version of this article erroneously stated that non-linear scaling of some brain features can be seen in comparisons of small-headed men and large-headed women.

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