Social sponges: Gendered brain development comes from society, not biology
Working Scientist
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Tales From the Synapse
It's not that there's something about the individual which is turning them away from science. When an individual looks at that culture, will they be getting messages, are there people like me in those sciences? So if you look at role models for example and you're looking at physics or robotics or computer science, very unlikely that you'll see many people like you. And you can also track all sorts of measures of success or the reward systems or the promotion systems in different organisations and find quite clear evidence of gender gaps. People who are trying to look at diversity and inclusion initiatives within organisations really need to be aware that the diversity aspect isn't enough. Our brains are wired to make us social.
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