1. Gina Rippon is a professor emeritus of cognitive neuroimaging at the Aston Brain Centre, Aston University, Birmingham.
10 Facts About Gina Rippon
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In 2019, Gina Rippon published her book, Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience that Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain, which investigates the role of life experiences and biology in brain development.
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Gina Rippon gained her PhD in 1982 in physiological psychology, and then focused on brain processes and schizophrenia.
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Gina Rippon's research applies brain imaging techniques, particularly electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography, and uses cognitive neuroscience paradigms to study normal and abnormal cognitive processes.
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Gina Rippon's work has focused on Autistic Spectrum Disorders and to developmental dyslexia.
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In 2019, Gina Rippon released her book, Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience that Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain.
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Reviews of Gina Rippon's work have been "positive", according to review aggregator Book Marks, with three rave reviews, four positive, and three mixed reviews.
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Gina Rippon argues that Rippon "[boxes] herself into an extremist position by arguing that it's all culture and no biology".
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Gina Rippon is critical of what she sees as the misrepresentation and hijacking of neuroscience, what she calls 'neurotrash'.
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Gina Rippon was interviewed on the podcast NOUS on the publication of her book The Gendered Brain, where she responded to her critics.