Rather than distinctly male or female, the human brain is much more like the heart, kidneys and lungs – basically the same no matter the sex of the body it’s in.
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Machine-learning algorithms can tell male from female brains. New research shows they might just be noticing that men have larger heads.
Attempts to find brain structures responsible for supposed cognitive sex differences have not succeeded.
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Professor, History & Philosophy of Science program, School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Neuroscience, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
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Professor of Biological Sciences; Director of the Cellular and Behavioral Neurobiology Graduate Program, University of Oklahoma
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Associate professor (psychobiology)/ profesora titular (psicobiología), Universitat Jaume I