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Re:Neuroscientists are ignoring the differences between male... by brent_noorda on Saturday July 17, 2021 @09:41PM (#27870182)
You can’t research something if no one will fund it, and no one dares fund anything that might show neurological disorders in women.
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Re:Neuroscientists are ignoring the differences between male... by seanalexander on Saturday July 17, 2021 @10:43PM (#27870438)
Do you have a source for this claim? There are plenty of mental health disorders (in the DSM-V) that are tied to one gender or another. Whether these are grounded in some physiological basis or serve to re-affirm social expectations is a whole other story.
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Re:Neuroscientists are ignoring the differences between male... by dragonwriter on Saturday July 17, 2021 @10:25PM (#27870374)
Really, because someone's doing a lot of studies for something no one will fund...

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_ylo=2021&q=gender+neur...

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Re:Neuroscientists are ignoring the differences between male... by unishark on Sunday July 18, 2021 @07:14AM (#27872078)
I think you're probably right but on your link there I see a review article (from the US) criticizing the lack of diversity in studies. It is followed by papers from countries like Uzbekistan, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Austria, Korea. A few from Italy. The US certainly seems under-represented.
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Re:Neuroscientists are ignoring the differences between male... by tolbish on Sunday July 18, 2021 @12:17AM (#27870727)
I'm curious if you are speaking from research experience in this line or work.
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Re:Neuroscientists are ignoring the differences between male... by raincom on Sunday July 18, 2021 @12:25AM (#27870743)
It doesn't need to be from the research experience. Research is not a straight line from A to B. One has to form wrong hypotheses, discard them completely, improve upon them, etc. Some paths are from A are MORALLY forbidden from pursuing.
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Re:Neuroscientists are ignoring the differences between male... by naniwaduni on Sunday July 18, 2021 @01:26AM (#27870944)
Misread as "MORALLY forbidden from pruning", which ... still works, I guess?
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