In August, you along with three colleagues published a paper called ‘Recommendations for sex/gender neuroimaging research ’. How was your book received?ĬF: Obviously nobody finishes a book on this topic and, laying down their pen, thinks, “Yep, I reckon everyone will agree with this.” But I’m very happy with the attention the book has enjoyed, both in the scientific and popular domains.
NS: Back in 2010 you published Delusions of Gender ( my review ), a book in which you suggested that the evidence for innate psychological differences between men and women is much weaker than is generally believed. I have a regular blog over at Discover Magazine called Neuroskeptic. This is the third in my series of interviews for PLOS Neuro as Contributing Editor! If you missed them, check out my interviews with Srivas Chennu and Michael Corballis. The second book dealt with the issue of sex and gender in psychology and neuroscience, the theme of this interview. Alongside her academic work, Fine has published two books for a general audience, A Mind of Its Own and Delusions of Gender. Fine studied psychology at Oxford and at University College London, and she’s now a Future Fellow at the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences and an Associate Professor at the Centre for Ethical Leadership at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Has neuroscience proven that men and women are born different? Or are male brains and female brains mostly similar? Is there even such a thing as a ‘male brain’? And how should scientists approach these questions?
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