Are there ‘male’ and ‘female’ brains? Computers can see a distinction, but they rely strongly on differences in head size
- Written by Cordelia Fine, Professor, History & Philosophy of Science program, School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne
ShutterstockHow useful are the well-known and hotly contested categories of “male brain” and “female brain”?
Among experts, nobody really questions that anatomical sex differences in the brain exist. But since the advent of brain science, the scientific community has been divided over how many differences there are, which...





