Men and Women’s Brains Aren’t Really That Different

New research is debunking centuries of myths

Gina Rippon
Elemental
Published in
6 min readAug 20, 2019

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TThe question of sex differences in the brain is one that has been debated, researched, encouraged, criticized, praised, and belittled for over 200 years, and can certainly be found in different guises for long before that. It is characterized by bizarre claims (women’s inferiority comes from their…

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Gina Rippon
Elemental

Cognitive Neuroscientist and science communicator. Author of ‘Gender and Our Brains’ (Pantheon Press)