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Doreen Kimura
Doreen Kimura

Doreen Kimura (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a professor at Simon Fraser University. She holds a PhD in psychobiology. Among other interests, her interests include the relationship between sex and cognition (see sex and intelligence) and promoting academic freedom; she is the founding president of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship. Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Area: 465. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Glorious and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Area 647,797 km² (8th) • Land 553,556 km² • Water 64,241 km² (14. ... Simon Fraser University (SFU) is located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. ... This article or section should be merged with biological psychology Psychobiology, also called biopsychology, is the scientific study of mental functioning and behavior in relation to other biological processes, or put another way, of the effects of cognition, emotions, and experience on animal physiology. ... Jump to: navigation, search Are men smarter than women? Do the human sexes display differences in mental aptitude or cognitive abilities? These and related questions have been the subject of a variety of studies and other efforts. ... Academic freedom is a widely used and championed phrase, but an often poorly defined concept with different meanings in different cultures and different contexts. ...


While some criticized Lawrence Summers' claims that differences in male-female representation in the sciences could be due to innate ability, Kimura supported him.[1] She is a critic of affirmative action, arguing that it is demeaning to women [2]. She also supports the concept of the biological origin of differences in cognitive ability between males and females (see also nature vs nurture). Larry Summers Lawrence Henry Summers (born November 30, 1954) is an American economist, politician, and academic. ... Jump to: navigation, search Affirmative action (U.S. English), or positive discrimination (British English), is a policy or a program providing access to systems for people of a minority group who have traditionally been discriminated against, with the aim of creating a more egalitarian society. ... This article needs cleanup, so as to conform to a higher standard. ...


Books

  • Neuromotor mechanisms in human communication. ISBN 019505492X
  • Sex and Cognition. ISBN 0262611643

External links

  • Doreen Kimura's SFU website
  • Biography

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Dahlia W. Zaidel and Vernon L. Quinsey review Sex and Cognition by Doreen Kimura (1065 words)
Kimura found that there is a sex difference in the intrahemispheric language control centers, particularly those located in the frontal and parietal lobes.
Doreen Kimura is Professor of Psychology at Simon Fraser University.
Kimura doesn’t say much about the criticism her work has received but the book is organized so as to pre-empt knee jerk politically correct criticism and she makes a few comments that suggest that she is a little weary of it.
Should we have sex on the brain (837 words)
Kimura points out that brain scans and neurological, psychological and hormonal studies are now converging to show that men and women differ not only in their physical attributes, but cognitively in how they solve intellectual problems.
Kimura has shown that three year-old boys are better at targeting their three-year-old girls, and this difference isn't based on the extent of experience in the sport.
Kimura concludes that these findings shed light on why men and women, on average, have different occupational preferences and skills, and why women would not be equally represented in professions such as physics and engineering (that emphasize mathematical reasoning and spatial skills), but might be more in medical diagnostic fields (where perceptual skills are important).
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