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If you are taking the time to read this book for your own professional development, or to integrate in formal didactics, supervision, or other coursework, we as a field are already one step closer to addressing a long history of reduced attention to wom en’s and gender issues in medical research. These gaps, from training, to study design and methodological approach, to a history of biases in the peer review pro cess, compound one another and reduce both the quality of our research and gener alizable knowledge, and ultimately impact patient care and do a disservice to our students and trainees. We, the editors of the present book, have personally experi enced such gaps, from lack of inclusion of these topics across our doctoral training, clinical internships, and/or post-doctoral fellowships, to, experiences in our profes sional lives; for example, receiving a culturally insensitive response from peer reviewers stating, “I do not find the statistical comparison between men and women particularly informative or interesting.” Such a statement came from but one of many voices across various facets of the scientific community which continue to influence how research is disseminated, how education and training is structured, and how clinical care is performed. Overall, we aim to bring to this book our per sonal and professional passions for instigating change in our field, and dismantling the current historical precedents of marginalization and minimization of women in research, particularly related to cognition. Specifically, in Neuropsychology of Women, we aim to fill crucial gaps in the literature on women’s issues in our field and provide a resource to anyone seeking to learn more about how women are uniquely influenced by neuropsychological conditions. In this introductory chapter, we will place the book in the larger context of the medical field by providing an overview of historical biases in research, which have led to current discrepancies in our knowledge based on how various conditions affect women and their cognitive functioning. We will incorporate discussions of policy changes and current initiatives aimed at comprehensive gender inclusion across research, which provide an optimistic outlook for the downstream future of women’s health. We will next specifically zoom into the current state of the field of neuropsychology, including broad lessons of what we know about women and what we are yet to elucidate about their neurocognitive health. Finally, we will discuss our overall aims of this book, including recommendations for how it can be used in various contexts, spanning research, clinical care, and education/training.