Anelis Kaiser

Anelis Kaiser
Alma mater	University of Basel, Switzerland
Known for	Co-founder of The NeuroGenderings Network
Scientific career
Fields	Gender studies, social psychology and social neuroscience
Institutions	University of Freiburg, Germany University of Bern, Switzerland
Thesis	Geschlecht in der Hirnforschung am Beispiel von fMRI-Sprachexperimenten [Gender in brain research using the example of fMRI language experiments] (2008)
Website	Official website

Anelis Kaiser is professor of gender studies at MINT, University of Freiburg, Germany. ^[1] She is also on the lecturer within the social psychology and social neuroscience department at the University of Bern, Switzerland. ^[2] Along with Isabelle Dussauge, Kaiser was a guest editor of a special issue on Neuroscience and sex/gender of the journal Neuroethics , ^[3] they also co-founded The NeuroGenderings Network together. ^[4]

Education

Kaiser gained her PhD from the University of Basel in 2008. ^[5]

Research

Her work explores the influence of heteronormative notions of sexual orientation and the bias, by some within the scientific community, to demonstrate sex/gender determinism ^[6] and led her to become a co-founder of The NeuroGenderings Network. ^[4]

Bibliography

Chapters in books

• Kaiser, Anelis; Dussauge, Isabelle (2014), "Re-queering the brain", in Bluhm, Robyn; Jaap Jacobson, Anne; Maibom, Heidi Lene (eds.), Neurofeminism: issues at the intersection of feminist theory and cognitive science, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 121–144, ISBN   9781349333929.
• Kaiser, Anelis (2014), "On the (im)possibility of a feminist and queer neuroexperiment", in Schmitz, Sigrid; Höppner, Grit (eds.), Gendered neurocultures: feminist and queer perspectives on current brain discourses, challenge GENDER, 2, Wien: Zaglossus, pp. 41–66, ISBN   9783902902122.
• Kaiser, Anelis; Schmitz, Sigrid (2016), "Neuroscience, brain research, and sexuality", in Naples, Nancy; Hoogland, Renee C.; Wickramasinghe, Maithree; Wong, Wai Ching Angela (eds.), The Wiley Blackwell encyclopedia of gender and sexuality studies: volume 4 J–R, Malden, Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 1–7, ISBN   9781118663219. doi : 10.1002/9781118663219.wbegss233
• Kaiser, Anelis (2016), "Sex/gender matters and sex/gender materialities in the brain", in Pitts-Taylor, Victoria (ed.), Mattering: feminism, science, and materialism, New York: NYU Press, pp. 122–139, ISBN   9781479845439.
• Kaiser, Anelis; Schellenberg, Diana (2017), "The sex–gender distinction: beyond F and M", in Travis, Cheryl; White, Jacquelyn W. (eds.), APA handbook of the psychology of women: volume 1: History, theory, and battlegrounds, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, ISBN   9781433827921.

Journal articles

• Kaiser, Anelis; Kuenzli, Esther; Zappatore, Daniela; Nitsch, Cordula (February 2007). "On females' lateral and males' bilateral activation during language production: A fMRI study". International Journal of Psychophysiology . 63 (2): 192–198. doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2006.03.008. PMID   16797758.
• Kaiser, Anelis; Haller, Sven; Schmitz, Sigrid; Nitsch, Cordula (October 2009). "On sex/gender related similarities and differences in fMRI language research". Brain Research Reviews . 61 (2): 49–59. doi:10.1016/j.brainresrev.2009.03.005. PMID   19406148. S2CID   17275248.
• Kaiser, Anelis (2012). "Re-conceptualizing sex and gender in the human brain". Zeitschrift für Psychologie . 220 (2): 130–136. doi:10.1027/2151-2604/a000104.
• Kaiser, Anelis; Dussauge, Isabelle (December 2012). "Neuroscience and sex/gender". Neuroethics . 5 (3): 211–216. doi: 10.1007/s12152-012-9165-5 .
• Kaiser, Anelis; Fine, Cordelia; Jordan-Young, Rebecca; Rippon, Gina (November 2013). "Plasticity, plasticity, plasticity…and the problem of sex" (PDF). Trends in Cognitive Sciences . 17 (11): 550–551. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2013.08.010. PMID   24176517. S2CID   27589924.
• Kaiser, Anelis; Fine, Cordelia; Joel, Daphna; Jordan-Young, Rebecca; Rippon, Gina (November–December 2014). "Reaction to "Equal ≠ The Same: Sex Differences in the Human Brain"". Cerebrum . 2014. Archived from the original on 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2017-08-22.

See also: Cahill, Larry (March–April 2014). "Equal ≠ The Same: Sex Differences in the Human Brain". Cerebrum . 2014: 5. PMC   4087190 . PMID   25009695. Archived from the original on 2019-03-10. Retrieved 2017-08-22.

• Kaiser, Anelis; Rippon, Gina; Jordan-Young, Rebecca; Fine, Cordelia (28 August 2014). "Recommendations for sex/gender neuroimaging research: key principles and implications for research design, analysis and interpretation". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience . 8 (650): 650. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00650 . PMC   4147717 . PMID   25221493.
• Kaiser, Anelis; Stein, Maria; Winkler, Carmen; Dierks, Thomas (2 October 2014). "Structural brain changes related to bilingualism: Does immersion make a difference?". Frontiers in Psychology . 5 (1116): 1116. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01116 . PMC   4183087 . PMID   25324816.
• Kaiser, Anelis; Rippon, Gina; Jordan-Young, Rebecca; Joel, Daphna; Fine, Cordelia (July 2017). "Journal of Neuroscience Research policy on addressing sex as a biological variable: Comments, clarifications, and elaborations". Journal of Neuroscience Research . 95 (7): 1357–1359. doi:10.1002/jnr.24045. hdl: 11343/292471 . PMID   28225166. S2CID   45664076.

See also

• Cognitive neuroscience
• Gender essentialism
• Neuroscience of sex differences
• List of cognitive neuroscientists
• List of developmental psychologists

References

1. "Prof. Dr. Anelis Kaiser". gmint.informatik.uni-freiburg.de. University of Freiburg . Retrieved 22 August 2017.
2. "Dr. Anelis Kaiser". soz.psy.unibe.ch. University of Bern . Retrieved 22 August 2017.
3. Kaiser, Anelis; Dussauge, Isabelle (December 2012). "Neuroscience and sex/gender". Neuroethics . 5 (3). Springer: 211–216. doi: 10.1007/s12152-012-9165-5 .
4. Kraus, Cynthia (2016), "What is the feminist critique of neuroscience? A call for dissensus studies", in de Vos, Jan; Pluth, Ed, eds. (2016). Neuroscience and critique: exploring the limits of the neurological turn. London New York: Routledge. p. 100. ISBN   9781138887350.

   See also: Ehnsmyr, Ester (26 November 2009). "CFP NeuroGenderings". genna.gender.uu.se. Uppsala University. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

5. Kaiser, Anelis (2008). Geschlecht in der Hirnforschung am Beispiel von fMRI-Sprachexperimenten [Gender in brain research using the example of fMRI language experiments] (Ph.D thesis). Institute of Psychology, University of Basel. Archived from the original on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
6. Schmitz, Sigrid; Höppner, Grit (25 July 2014). "Neurofeminism and feminist neurosciences: a critical review of contemporary brain research". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8 (546). Frontiers: 546. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00546 . PMC   4111126 . PMID   25120450.

   Article cites: Kaiser, Anelis; Dussauge, Isabelle (2014), "Re-queering the brain", in Bluhm, Robyn; Jacobson, Anne Jaap; Maibom, Heidi Lene (eds.), Neurofeminism: issues at the intersection of feminist theory and cognitive science, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 121–144, ISBN   9781349333929.

External links

• Official website