TAU Unbound - Episode #18: Brain, Sex and Gender - what are the relations between them?

Our guest Prof. Daphna Joel conceived the ‘mosaic’ hypothesis – the claim that sex differences in the brain do not add-up consistently in individuals. In a discussion with out host, Ido Aharoni Aronoff, she contends that most brains are composed of both features more common in females and features more common in males. Prof. Joel received her Ph.D. in psychology in Tel-Aviv University in 1998, and joined the faculty of TAU, after receiving the Alon fellowship for young Israeli scientists. She is presently a member of the School of Psychological Sciences and the Sagol School of Neuroscience. Her work on questions related to brain, sex and gender won international acclaim. Link to the gender mosaic website, where people can explore their own gender mosaic https://gendermosaic.tau.ac.il/, Gender Mosaic: Beyond the Myth of the Male and Female brain: https://gendermosaic.tau.ac.il/the-book/. TEDx talk: A future with no gender https://www.ted.com/talks/daphna_joel...00:00 - Intro 01:50 - Personal background, "Talpiot" unit in the IDF. 04:30 - PhD on the gender brain. 06:14 - Gender psychology. 08:45 - The effect of gender on the brain. 09:30 - Tzaficha: Every person has a male brain and a female brain! 13:47 - Gender division should not affect moral behavior. 16:40 - Gender medicine. 21:34 - Personal questionnaire for self-examination. Gender division of the brain. Gender mosaic 25:41 - Essential education. https://international.tau.ac.il