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Gender is one of the most important organizers of social life. From the moment a child is born, it shapes how children are parented and talked to, and parents’ reactions to the child’s behaviors, activities, and play styles; processes referred to as parental gender socialization. Gender socialization often happens unconsciously, and its underlying processes can therefore be captured best with neuroscientific measures. It is important to understand the underlying processes, because traditional gender socialization has been associated with gender-inequality and the development of traditional gender-stereotypes in children as well as gender differences in child problem behaviour. Knowledge about the underlying neural mechanisms of gender socialization can be translated into strategies for parents to treat boys and girls more equal (e.g., focusing on monitoring or control of stereotypes), which subsequently ensures optimal development of both boys and girls. More broadly, the neuroscience of stereotypes can inform interventions aimed at reducing inequality in society. Therefore, the goal of this project is to explain mothers’ and fathers’ observed gender socialization practices with their preschool-children (3-5 years old) from their neural responses to gendered child stimuli. Using a within-family multi-method design, we examine whether:
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