Gina Rippon

Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Neuroimaging, Aston Brain Centre, Aston University, UK

Gina Rippon is an emeritus professor of cognitive neuroimaging at the Aston Brain Centre at Aston University in Birmingham in the UK, and an international expert on brain-imaging techniques. She is the author of The Gendered Brain (UK, 2019)/Gender and Our Brains (US, 2019) and The Lost Girls of Autism (UK, 2025)/Off the Spectrum (US, 2025).

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Written by Gina Rippon

Four girls sitting on a riverbank, sitting in two groups of two; three upright and one lying down, with backpacks and bags nearby.

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Neurodiversity

Autism’s missing women

Long believed to be particularly associated with males, new research is revolutionising our understanding of autism

Gina Rippon

A child looking at an illuminated display of fashion dolls wearing various dresses against a pink background.

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Gender and identity

Pink and blue tsunami

From tutus to trucks, parents are often struck by the gendered choices made by their children. Could these be ‘hardwired’?

Gina Rippon