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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kaiser, Anelis
• Schober, Barbara
• Hausmann, Markus

Titel

Re-Conceptualizing "Sex" and "Gender" in the Human Brain

Ist Teil von

• Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 2012, Vol.220 (2), p.130-136

Ort / Verlag

Göttingen: Hogrefe Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

Sociological Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• When is an observed dissimilarity between brains of females and males a "sex" difference and when is it a "gender" difference? The aim of this conceptual paper is to pinpoint the understandings of "sex" and "gender" within neuropsychological research, as these terms implicitly lead to overlapping and nonspecific associations when variables concerning female and male characteristics are operationalized. Also, it is argued, following a central approach within gender studies, that it is impossible for the variables of "sex" and "gender" to be categorized as solely biological or solely social components or to be measured or recorded as such, and for this reason, they should in fact be regarded as a unity and designated as sex/gender.