Diversity in brain research: does it matter?
6 videos • 126 views • by HumanBrainProject In the webinar "Diversity in brain research: Does it matter?" on 18 May 2022, 16.00-17.30 CEST, moderated by Prof. Katrin Amunts, invited speakers Prof. Lutz Jäncke and Dr. Frances-Catherine Quevenco, who is part of the Women's Brain Project, discussed recent findings and different viewpoints on how and when sex/gender differences in brain research are relevant. The Human Brain Project also presented the winners of our Diversity In Research Paper Awards (DIRPA), who outlined their own research results and joined the discussion: Sanne Peters et al. (2020): “Sex differences in the association between major risk factors and the risk of stroke in the UK Biobank cohort study” and Yi Zhang et al. (2021): “The Human Brain Is Best Described as Being on a Female/Male Continuum: Evidence from a Neuroimaging Connectivity Study”.