2016/04/21 by Anelis Kaiser, Sigrid Schmitz · 1 citation
Psychology · Medicine · #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior #Sex and Gender in Healthcare
paper · doi:10.1002/9781118663219.wbegss233
openalex publication_date 2016/04/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14
Since, in the 1990s, the brain became an object of significant social importance and neuroscience emerged as a leading, powerful, and culturally significant field of science, gender and queer studies, too, began to devote considerable attention to examining how neuroscience makes sexual performance, sexual behavior, and sexual desire a part of the brain. In this entry, we describe how and when exactly sex/gender and sexuality became involved in neuroscience.