Doreen Kimura (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a professor at Simon Fraser University. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116 sq mi of North America Simon Fraser University ( SFU) is a public university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby and satellite campuses in She holds a PhD in psychobiology. In Psychology, biological psychology, also known as biopsychology, psychobiology, or behavioral neuroscience is the application of the principles 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. Sex and intelligence research investigates differences in the distributions of cognitive skills between men and women Academic freedom is the belief that the freedom of inquiry by students and faculty members is essential to the mission of the academy
While some criticized Lawrence Summers' claims that differences in male-female representation in the sciences could be due to innate ability, Kimura supported him. Lawrence Henry "Larry" Summers (born November 30, 1954) is an American Economist and academic [1] She is a critic of affirmative action, arguing that it is demeaning to women [2]. Affirmative action in the United States|Employment equity (Canada|Reservation in India|Numerus clausus The term affirmative action describes many policies aimed at a historically She also supports the concept of the biological origin of differences in cognitive ability between males and females (see also nature versus nurture). The nature versus nurture debates concern the relative importance of an individual's innate qualities ("nature" i
Books
- Neuromotor mechanisms in human communication. ISBN 0-19-505492-X
- Sex and Cognition. ISBN 0-262-61164-3
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