How might future neuroscience challenge or extend our understanding of empathy and queer identity?
Brain‑machine interfaces are tools that connect human brains to computers or other technologies...
Sexuality is an essential component of human life that affects many aspects of existence, including emotional and physical wellbeing. It involves the expression of one's sexual characteristics and...
LGBT individuals may experience higher rates of mental health issues than their heterosexual counterparts due to various factors such as prejudice, stigma, discrimination, and marginalization. This...
Advances in neuroscience, identity technology, and embodiment tech are shaping our understanding of queerness, identity, relationality, empathy, and philosophy. How can we approach these issues...
Social cognition is the study of how people perceive and process social interactions. It includes the mental processes involved in interpreting and responding to social cues such as facial...
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Can neuroscience fully explain these phenomena, or are they beyond empirical capture?
While neuroscientific research has made significant strides towards...
To what extent can neuroscience account for sexual orientation and gender identity?
Sexual orientation and gender identity are complex phenomena that involve numerous factors beyond biology. While...
Sexual orientation refers to an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attraction towards people of a particular gender. Gender identity is one's innate sense of self as male, female,...
Neural Mechanisms Influencing Sexual and Gender Identities
Sexual identity is the way an individual perceives his/her own sexual orientation and gender identity is how an individual views...
Neuroscientific studies have attempted to discover specific brain structures responsible for sexual attraction.
Scientists have studied brain activity while individuals view photos of people of...