Dear all, The first in our seminar series will take place tomorrow at 1pm in Seminar Room 1 of the HPS department. Gillian Brown will deliver a talk entitled, Evolutionary perspectives on sex differences in human behaviour.
"Many of the debates surrounding sex differences in human behaviour present dichotomies such as ‘nature’ versus ‘nurture’, ‘biology’ versus ‘culture’, and ‘sex’ versus ‘gender’. Some examples of Evolutionary Psychology research appear to endorse this strongly dichotomous view of the causal processes underlying sex differences in behaviour. From my background as a biologist, I will critically evaluate this popularist Evolutionary Psychology perspective and describe how alternative evolutionary approaches can provide a more integrated view of sex differences by emphasizing developmental processes and behavioural diversity. My research has also investigated the effects of gonadal hormones exposure during early life on the development of sex differences in behaviour in mammals. I will critically evaluate the idea that gonadal hormones are responsible for ‘hard-wiring’ sex differences in the mammalian brain and discuss how the field of behavioural neuroendocrinology can instead contribute to an interactionist account of behavioural sex differences." All very welcome! Very best wishes, Beth --- _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
