AI can tell the Sex of your Brain

⚤ Men’s and women’s brains do work differently, new research proves. Personalized medicine advances with explainable AI.

Hey Everyone,

• Some of you like me believe AI will be able to uncover new discoveries about the human brain and neuroscience.

• When I was a psychology student in University, two of my favorite topics were neuroscience and gender/sex differences. This week there was an interesting study in this domain that really peaked my interest.

• Stanford Medicine investigators reported on their development of a new artificial intelligence model that in tests was found to be more than 90% successful at determining whether MRI scans of human brain activity were from a man or from a woman.

‌The model was shown MRI scans of working brains and told whether it was looking at a woman or man. Over time, the neural network began to pick out subtle differences between the two sexes that had been missed by humans.

The impact of AI on science is going to be immense, but also in how we use it to better understand ourselves and ultimately improve our well-being.