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Ben A. Barres M.D., Ph.D. is an American neurobiologist who teaches at Stanford University. He is currently Associate Chair of the Neurobiology department at Stanford University School of Medicine. Neuroscience is a field of study which deals with the structure, function, development, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology and pathology of the nervous system. ...
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Stanford Medical School Stanford University School of Medicine is affiliated with Stanford University and is located at Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and Menlo Park. ...
Barres has a degree in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a medical degree from Dartmouth College and a doctorate in neurobiology from Harvard University. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a private research university located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Its mission and culture are guided by an emphasis on teaching and research grounded in practical applications of science and technology. ...
Dartmouth College is a private academic institution in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. ...
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Barres, a transsexual man, made headlines in the mainstream press in July 2006 after writing an article in Nature that addressed issues of sex and intelligence. [1] Barres was critical of Lawrence Summers and others who have claimed that one reason there are fewer women than men in science and engineering professorships might be that fewer women than men had the very high levels of "intrinsic aptitude" that such jobs required. [2] Barres wrote about personal experiences of being treated differently as a female scientist versus a male scientist. [3] It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Transsexuality. ...
First title page, November 4, 1869 Nature is one of the oldest and most reputable scientific journals, first published on 4 November 1869. ...
Sex and intelligence research investigates differences in the distributions of cognitive skills between men and women. ...
Lawrence Henry Summers (born November 30, 1954) is an American economist and academic. ...
Steven Pinker, a Harvard psychologist who has defended Summers, said Barres "should learn to take scientific hypotheses less personally." [4] Barres argued there is a lack of scientific data to support the hypothesis. [5] Steven Pinker Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954, in Montreal, Canada) is a prominent American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and popular science writer known for his spirited and wide-ranging defence of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. ...
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References
- ^ Barres, Ben (13 July 2006). Does Gender Matter? Nature
- ^ Vedantam, Shankar (13 July 2006). Male Scientist Writes of Life as Female Scientist: Biologist Who Underwent Sex Change Describes Biases Against Women. Washington Post
- ^ Begley, Sharon (July 13, 2006). He, Once a She, Offers Own View On Science Spat. Wall Street Journal
- ^ Leff, Lisa (July 13, 2006). Transgender professor defends women scientists. CNN News
- ^ Dean, Cornelia (July 18, 2006). A Conversation with Ben A. Barres: Dismissing ‘Sexist Opinions’ About Women’s Place in Science. New York Times
[edit] First title page, November 4, 1869 Nature is one of the oldest and most reputable scientific journals, first published on 4 November 1869. ...
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The Wall Street Journal is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York with an average daily circulation of 1,800,607 (2002). ...
CNN or Cable News Network is a cable television network that was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner & Reese Schonfeld [1] [2] (although he currently is not recognized in CNNs official history). ...
The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...
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