| Doreen Kimura | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1933 Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | formerly The University of Western Ontario, Simon Fraser University |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Notable awards | Kistler Prize (2006) |
Doreen Kimura (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a professor at Simon Fraser University. She holds a PhD in psychobiology. Among other interests, her interests include the relationship between sex and cognition (see sex and intelligence) and promoting academic freedom; she is the founding president of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship.
While some criticized Lawrence Summers' claims that differences in male-female representation in the sciences could be due to innate ability, Kimura supported him.[1] She is a critic of affirmative action, arguing that it is demeaning to women [2]. She also supports the concept of the biological origin of differences in cognitive ability between males and females (see also nature versus nurture).