Opportunities to Discuss Diversity-Related Topics in Neuroscience Courses.

ABSTRACT: Diversity is a foundational topic in psychology, and APA recommends that diversity is covered across the psychology curriculum. Neuroscience courses face challenges with incorporating diversity-related topics owing to the historical lack of neuroscience research that focuses on diversity and the restricted range of diversity-related topics that neuroscience is typically associated with (i.e., health and disability status). This may limit students' learning of neuroscience's contributions towards understanding diversity. We review some specific examples of diversity-related topics that can be incorporated into neuroscience courses. These examples have been selected to include topics across the three major content domains of neuroscience (cellular/molecular, neuroanatomy/systems, and cogniti

SUBMITTER: Schreiber WB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11256382 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature