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Anelis Kaiser
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| Alma mater | University of Basel, Switzerland |
| Known for | Co-founder of The NeuroGenderings Network |
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| Fields | Gender studies, social psychology and social neuroscience |
| Institutions | University of Freiburg, Germany University of Bern, Switzerland |
| Thesis | Geschlecht in der Hirnforschung am Beispiel von fMRI-Sprachexperimenten [Gender in brain research using the example of fMRI language experiments] (2008) |
Anelis Kaiser is a professor who studies gender at the University of Freiburg in Germany. She also teaches about how people think and behave in groups (called social psychology) and how the brain works in social situations (called social neuroscience) at the University of Bern in Switzerland.
She worked with Isabelle Dussauge to edit a special magazine issue about how the brain and gender are connected. Together, they also started something called The NeuroGenderings Network.
Her Studies and Work
Anelis Kaiser earned her PhD degree from the University of Basel in Switzerland in 2008. A PhD is a very high university degree. It shows she is an expert in her field.
She now teaches and researches at two different universities. These are the University of Freiburg in Germany and the University of Bern in Switzerland.
What She Researches
Anelis Kaiser's work looks at how ideas about gender can affect science. She studies how some scientists might have a bias. This bias can make them try to prove that gender differences are only because of biology.
Her research helped her become a co-founder of The NeuroGenderings Network. This group works to explore how gender is understood in brain research. They want to make sure science is fair and accurate.
See also
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Gender essentialism
- Neuroscience of sex differences
- List of cognitive neuroscientists
- List of developmental psychologists
