Several recent books have argued there’s no difference between male and female brains. Saloni Dattani, a PhD in psychiatric genetics, discusses some of the problems with the argument, and what we really know so far about gender and the brain. (September 2, 2019)
Links
- Saloni’s Twitter
- Saloni’s article on the debate over gender and the brain
- “Why Evolution is True” by Jerry Coyne
- The back-and-forth between Gina Rippon, Cordelia Fine and Daphne Joel versus evolutionary psychologists on gender in the brain and behavior
- Research on the digit ratio and prenatal testosterone
- Some of the literature in the philosophy of biology regarding innate & socialised differences:
- “Innateness and the Sciences” by Matteo Mameli and Patrick Bateson
- “The Distinction Between Innate and Acquired Characteristics”
- “Evolution and psychology in philosophical perspective” by Matteo Mameli