Doreen Kimura
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Doreen Kimura is a professor at Simon Fraser University
. She holds a PhD in psychobiology. Among other interests, her interests include the relationship between sex and cognition (see sex and intelligence
) and promoting academic freedom
; she is the founding president of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship.
While some criticized Lawrence Summers
' claims that differences in male-female representation in the sciences could be due to innate ability, Kimura supported him.http://www.sfu.ca/~dkimura/articles/hysteria.htm She is a critic of affirmative action
, arguing that it is demeaning to women http://www.safs.ca/meritdiversity/kimura1.html. She also supports the concept of the biological origin of differences in cognitive ability between males and females (see also nature versus nurture
).
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...
. She holds a PhD in psychobiology. Among other interests, her interests include the relationship between sex and cognition (see sex and intelligence
Sex and intelligence
Research on sex and psychology investigates cognitive and behavioral differences between men and women. This research employs experimental tests of cognition, which take a variety of forms. Tests focus on possible differences in areas such as IQ, spatial reasoning, and emotion.Most IQ tests are...
) and promoting academic freedom
Academic freedom
Academic freedom is the belief that the freedom of inquiry by students and faculty members is essential to the mission of the academy, and that scholars should have freedom to teach or communicate ideas or facts without being targeted for repression, job loss, or imprisonment.Academic freedom is a...
; she is the founding president of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship.
While some criticized Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Henry Summers is an American economist. He served as the 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He was Director of the White House United States National Economic Council for President Barack Obama until November 2010.Summers is the...
' claims that differences in male-female representation in the sciences could be due to innate ability, Kimura supported him.http://www.sfu.ca/~dkimura/articles/hysteria.htm She is a critic of affirmative action
Affirmative action
Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group, usually as a means to counter the effects of a history of discrimination.-Origins:The term...
, arguing that it is demeaning to women http://www.safs.ca/meritdiversity/kimura1.html. She also supports the concept of the biological origin of differences in cognitive ability between males and females (see also nature versus nurture
Nature versus nurture
The nature versus nurture debate concerns the relative importance of an individual's innate qualities versus personal experiences The nature versus nurture debate concerns the relative importance of an individual's innate qualities ("nature," i.e. nativism, or innatism) versus personal experiences...
).
Books
- Neuromotor mechanisms in human communication. ISBN 0-19-505492-X
- Sex and Cognition. ISBN 0-262-61164-3