Anelis Kaiser is professor of

gender studies Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field n ...

at MINT,

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, Germany. She is also on the lecturer within the

social psychology Social psychology is the methodical study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. Although studying many of the same substantive topics as its counterpart in the field ...

and

social neuroscience Social neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field devoted to understanding the relationship between social experiences and biological systems. Humans are fundamentally a social species, and studies indicate that various social influences, includi ...

department at the

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, Switzerland. Along with Isabelle Dussauge, Kaiser was a guest editor of a special issue on Neuroscience and sex/gender of the journal ''

Neuroethics In philosophy and neuroscience, neuroethics is the study of both the ethics of neuroscience and the neuroscience of ethics. The ethics of neuroscience concerns the ethical, legal, and social impact of neuroscience, including the ways in which ne ...

'', they also co-founded The NeuroGenderings Network together.Kraus, Cynthia (2016),
What is the feminist critique of neuroscience? A call for dissensus studies
, in :''See also'':

Education

Kaiser gained her PhD from the

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in 2008.

Research

Her work explores the influence of

heteronormative Heteronormativity is the definition of heterosexuality as the normative human sexuality. It assumes the gender binary (i.e., that there are only two distinct, opposite genders) and that sexual and marital relations are most fitting between peo ...

notions of sexual orientation and the bias, by some within the scientific community, to demonstrate sex/gender determinism :''Article cites'': and led her to become a co-founder of The NeuroGenderings Network.

Bibliography

Chapters in books

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Journal articles

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaiser, Anelis German cognitive neuroscientists Date of birth unknown Developmental psychologists Living people University of Basel alumni Academic staff of the University of Bern Academic staff of the University of Freiburg Swiss neuroscientists Swiss women neuroscientists Year of birth missing (living people)