Posted on Feb. 6: Esteemed professor explores differences between the male and female brain

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Witelson_Sandra_opt.jpg” caption=”Sandra Witelson”]Although men and women are one species, the neural systems underlying cognition are different between them, says this year's Alexander Graham Bell lecturer.

So, asks Sanda Witelson, do women and men think and act the same way?

The professor of psychiatry and behaviourial neurosciences and Albert Einstein/Irvine Zucker Chair in Neuroscience, will explore this at the 25th annual Alexander Graham Bell Lecture. The free public lecture takes place Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Health Sciences Centre, Rm. 1A1.

Witelson, who joined McMaster's Department of Psychiatry in 1969, is internationally recognized for her contributions to the elucidation of the neurobiological underpinnings of cognition, such as language, intelligence and visuo-spatial perception; the basis of hemispheric functional specialization a major aspect of human brain organization; the etiology of childhood reading problems; and mechanisms in sexual differentiation of the brain between men and women.

Presented by the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, the Alexander Graham Bell Lecture offers outstanding speakers on a topic in information and emerging technologies that is of interest to both the members of the University community and the general public.

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[img_inline align="right" src="http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Witelson_Sandra_opt.jpg" caption="Sandra Witelson"]Although men and women are one species, the neural systems underlying cognition are different between them, says this year&#039;s Alexander Graham Bell lecturer.<p><br />
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So, asks Sanda Witelson, do women and men think and act the same way?<p><br />
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The professor of psychiatry and behaviourial neurosciences and Albert Einstein/Irvine Zucker Chair in Neuroscience, will explore this at the 25th annual Alexander Graham Bell Lecture. The free public lecture takes place Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Health Sciences Centre, Rm. 1A1.<p><br />
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Witelson, who joined McMaster&#039;s Department of Psychiatry in 1969, is internationally recognized for her contributions to the elucidation of the neurobiological underpinnings of cognition, such as language, intelligence and visuo-spatial perception; the basis of hemispheric functional specialization  a major aspect of human brain organization; the etiology of childhood reading problems; and mechanisms in sexual differentiation of the brain between men and women.<p><br />
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Presented by the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, the Alexander Graham Bell Lecture offers outstanding speakers on a topic in information and emerging technologies that is of interest to both the members of the University community and the general public.

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