Editorial: Women in neuroscience

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dc.contributor.authorMaffei, Arianna
dc.contributor.authorChiappalone, Michela
dc.contributor.authorFattore, Liana
dc.contributor.authorTorres, Elizabeth B.
dc.contributor.authorTremblay, Marie-Ève
dc.contributor.authorWierenga, Corette J.
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-13T23:20:52Z
dc.date.available2024-02-13T23:20:52Z
dc.date.copyright2022en_US
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe “Matilda effect” is an expression coined in 1993 by Margaret Rossiter, a prominent science historian, to describe the faint recognition of the contribution of women to the scientific enterprise. The expression derived from the realization that just like the work of Matilda Gage, a suffragist who also wrote about women in science, the discoveries and inventions of many women scientists had been forgotten over the course of history. Indeed, women’s contributions to science have been often misappropriated, forgotten or, in some cases, even actively removed from the records. This resulted in a misplaced historic assumption that women lack the intellectual ability and interest for scientific disciplines, and left younger generations of women with very few role models to look up to. Over the past few years, the awareness of this lack of recognition has increased and, despite encountering some resistance, active efforts have been made to make science a more inclusive enterprise. Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary field that encompasses all scientific disciplines including biology, psychology, cognitive sciences, physics, engineering, and mathematics. While women to this day represent a minority of neuroscience faculty, they contribute to all aspects of the field. The goal of the Women in neuroscience Research Topic is to oppose the “Matilda effect” by bringing together excellent research by women, or in collaboration with women. The Research Topic brings together 33 articles in which the first or last author are women. The formats include mini-reviews and reviews of the exceptional work done by past and present women neuroscientists, an opinion article, perspectives and specific Research Topic reviews highlighting scholarship and innovative frameworks, and original research articles that push the field forward.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.citationMaffei, A., Chiappalone, M., Fattore, L., Torres, E. B., Tremblay, M-È, & Wieranga, C. J. (2022). Editiorial: Women in neuroscience. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 16, 1032506. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2022.1032506en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2022.1032506
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/15994
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers in Integrative Neuroscienceen_US
dc.subjectneuroscienceen_US
dc.subjectneurophysiologyen_US
dc.subjectcognitive scienceen_US
dc.subjectneuroengineeringen_US
dc.subjectneurodegenerationen_US
dc.subjectneuromodulationen_US
dc.titleEditorial: Women in neuroscienceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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