How hype and hyperbole distort the neuroscience of sex differences.

[en] Sex/gender differences in the human brain attract attention far beyond the neuroscience community. Given the interest of nonspecialists, it is important that researchers studying human female-male brain difference assume greater responsibility for the accurate communication of their findings.

Disciplines :

Neurosciences & behavior

Author, co-author :

Rippon, Gina

Eliot, Lise

Genon, Sarah ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Neuroimagerie des troubles de la mémoire et revalid. cogn.

Joel, Daphna

Language :

English

Title :

How hype and hyperbole distort the neuroscience of sex differences.

Publication date :

2021

Journal title :

PLoS Biology

ISSN :

1544-9173

eISSN :

1545-7885

Publisher :

Public Library of Science, United States - California

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

e3001253

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Available on ORBi :

since 17 May 2021

Statistics

Number of views

77 (18 by ULiège)

Number of downloads

66 (21 by ULiège)

More statistics

Scopus citations^®

Scopus citations^®
without self-citations

OpenCitations

OpenAlex citations

Bibliography

Eliot L, Ahmed A, Khan H, Patel J. Dump the “dimorphism”: Comprehensive synthesis of human brain studies reveals few male-female differences beyond size. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2021; 125:667–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.02.026 PMID: 33621637
David SP, Naudet F, Laude J, Radua J, Fusar-Poli P, Chu I, et al. Potential reporting bias in neuroimaging studies of sex differences. Sci Rep. 2018; 8(1):1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17765-5 PMID: 29311619
Maney DL. Just like a circus: the public consumption of sex differences. In: Ethical issues in behavioral neuroscience. 2014. p. 279–96.
Fine C, Joel D, Rippon G. Eight Things You Need to Know About Sex, Gender, Brains, and Behavior: A Guide for Academics, Journalists, Parents, Gender Diversity Advocates, Social Justice Warriors, Tweeters, Facebookers, and Everyone Else. Scholar & Feminist Online, 15. 2019. Available from: http://sfonline.barnard.edu/neurogenderings/eight-things-you-need-to-know-about-sex-gender-brains- and-behavior-a-guide-for-academics-journalists-parents-gender-diversity-advocates-social-justice-warriors-tweeters-facebookers-and-ever/
Satterthwaite TD, Wolf DH, Roalf DR, Ruparel K, Erus G, Vandekar S, et al. Linked sex differences in cognition and functional connectivity in youth. Cereb Cortex. 2015; 25(9):2383–94. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhu036 PMID: 24646613
Studholme C, Kroenke CD, Dighe M. Motion corrected MRI differentiates male and female human brain growth trajectories from mid-gestation. Nat Commun. 2020; 11(1):1–16. https://doi.org/10.1038/ s41467-019-13993-7 PMID: 31911652
Kiesow H, Dunbar RI, Kable JW, Kalenscher T, Vogeley K, Schilbach L, et al. 10,000 social brains: Sex differentiation in human brain anatomy. Sci Adv. 2020; 6(12):eaaz1170. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv. aaz1170 PMID: 32206722
Ingalhalikar M, Smith A, Parker D, Satterthwaite TD, Elliott MA, Ruparel K, et al. Sex differences in the structural connectome of the human brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014; 111(2):823–8. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1316909110 PMID: 24297904
Nosek BA, Ebersole CR, DeHaven AC, Mellor DT. The preregistration revolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018; 115(11):2600–6. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708274114 PMID: 29531091