“The primary excuses for not including females in your research was first that hormones just made everything so complicated that you were... going to have a difficult time if you tried to study the brain in females animals,” said Shansky, explaining the conventional wisdom at the time.
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Unknown titlelt’ was to study males as women were ‘complicated’ U.S. neurobiologist Rebecca Shansky recalled her first experiences studying mice in the lab two decades ago: the “default” was to study males. <span>“The primary excuses for not including females in your research was first that hormones just made everything so complicated that you were... going to have a difficult time if you tried to study the brain in females animals,” said Shansky, explaining the conventional wisdom at the time. Ms. Shansky’s article published in the journal Science on Thursday denounces that practice as based on outdated gender stereotypes from the 19th century that are continuing to influence Summary
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