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'Grave consequences': scientists warn of extreme bias in brain aging research - C C - Oct 31, 2023
https://www.sciencealert.com/grave-consequences-scientists-warn-of-extreme-bias-in-brain-aging-research
INTRO: The risk of Alzheimer's disease and depression differs significantly between male and female bodies, and yet the vast majority of research on the human brain does not reflect that.
Instead, male anatomy is too often considered 'the norm' against which all other human brains are measured.
A new review, led by the neurobiologist Claudia Barth from the Diakonhjemmet Hospital in Norway, argues that this continued scientific bias has "grave consequences" for wellbeing and places a "disproportionate burden" on female health.
Barth and her colleagues are not the first group to call out the prevailing sex bias in neuroscience research, but their report is incredibly comprehensive, spotlighting the numerous ways in which sex hormones might impact healthy brain aging... (MORE - details)