Who Gets Left Out? Overcoming Racism in Neuroscience Research

Who gets included in neuroscience - and who gets left out?

?Many common tools in psychophysiology and neuroscience - like EEG, EDA, and fNIRS - struggle to work accurately across different skin tones and hair types. While not intentionally exclusionary, these technologies often fail to accommodate darker skin and curlier or coarser hair, resulting in the systematic underrepresentation of Black individuals in neuroscience research.

?Join Keanan Joyner, Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of California, Berkeley, for a critical look at what he calls technical racism in neuroscience. Drawing from work in the field and research from his lab at Berkeley, this lecture explores how these technical barriers emerge - and what scientists can do to dismantle them.

?The talk highlights ongoing efforts to redesign methods and practices in psychophysiology and clinical neuroscience to ensure more equitable representation, better science, and more inclusive mental health research.