Another day, another over-hyped sex differences neuroscience study. The headlines this time around are especially cringeworthy:
Study Finds Women’s Brains Are Far More Active Than Men’sWomen Are Using A LOT More Of Their Brains Than Men. Surprise, surprise ?Women really DO overthink things! Scans reveal they have ‘more active brains than men’
The paper in question was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and it comes from a group led by Dr. Daniel Amen. Amen is a controversialpsychiatrist who claims to be able to diagnose and treat mental illness with the help of a brain scanning technique called SPECT. SPECT is not widely accepted for this purpose. Personally, I think Amen's SPECT psychiatry is dangerous and unscientific. However, to be fair, Amen is in a good position to study sex differences using SPECT. His "Amen Clinics" have carried out tens of thousands of SPECT scans, meaning that Amen probably ...
