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Neuroscientist Lise Eliot debunks the theory that the male and female brains are different and explains how the brain is shaped by behavior and gender development.

Is gender uniquely human?

Neuroscientist Lise Eliot debunks the theory that the male and female brains are different and explains how the brain is shaped by behavior and gender development.

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