New results published by researchers at the Autism Research Centre (ARC) show both men and women with autism show an extreme of the typical male pattern on the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' test.
Individual differences in early language development, and in later language functioning, are associated with changes in the anatomy of the brain in autism.
The largest ever psychological study of sex differences in adults with autism has found that both males and females with autism on average show an extreme of the typical male mind, where systemising (the drive to look for underlying rules in a system) is stronger than empathising (the ability to recognize the thoughts and feelings of others and to respond to these with appropriate emotions).
New study examines thousands of brains from two decades of research to reveal differences between male and female brain structure.
New research sheds light on previously under-researched area of study – females with autism.
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