Questions About Controversy

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In project one I focused on the concept of mind control in the field of neuroscience, but that proved to be a very difficult topic to study since it was new to my field (in its practicality) and not discussed often or with great passion or argument. For project two, I took the approach of studying sex-difference research in neuroscience, and that proved much more interesting and heated of a debate. Because of this, I will use the sex-difference research as my topic of study for project three. While I covered a great deal of the topic in the last project, there are still many questions left unanswered about the topic, some of which that intrigue me the most are listed below.

WHO:

1. Who, besides Cahill, is extremely passionate and optimistic about sex-difference research and why?

2. Who, on the opposite side of the argument, is extremely passionate about disagreeing with sex-difference research and why?

3. Who is at the very center or beginning of the controversy on sex-difference research? Who brought it to the attention of the public and fellow scientists?

WHAT:

1. What threat does sex-difference research pose to gender/sex equality?

2. What exactly does sex-difference research entail, and how is it studied/experimented?

3. What is the most prominent argument against sex-difference research and what is its major argument?

WHEN:

1. When did sex-difference research start? Was there a specific event or reason it began to be researched?

2. Did sex-difference research ever coincide with times of major issues in gender equality social settings throughout its history?

3. What is the most recent argument that can be found on sex-difference research?

WHERE:

1. What university or research lab first hosted sex-difference research?

2. What university or research lab now has a large focus in sex-difference research?

3. What is the difference in argument on sex-difference research between America and other countries?

HOW:

1. How has sex-difference research been argued scholarly? Has it been a popular topic in scholarly journals for the field of neuroscience?

2. How was sex-difference research introduced to the mass media/social media?

3. How do those in the mass media/social media feel about the argument of sex-difference research?