ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2010
The relationship between systemising and mental rotation and the implications for the extreme male brain theory of autism.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
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- The Chinese 10-Item Empathy Quotient and Systemising Quotient-Revised: Internal Consistency, Test-Retest Reliability, Known-Groups Validity, and Sex Differences in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Emojis Are Comprehended Better than Facial Expressions, by Male Participants.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The effect of autistic traits on disembedding and mental rotation in neurotypical women and men.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The effects of autistic traits and academic degree on visuospatial abilities.Cognitive processing · 2020Article
- Functional but Inefficient Kinesthetic Motor Imagery in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2018Article
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- Different Dimensions of Cognitive Style in Typical and Atypical Cognition: New Evidence and a New Measurement Tool.PloS one · 2016Article
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- A critical review of the research on the extreme male brain theory and digit ratio (2D:4D).Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2013Review
- Brief report: the relationship between visual acuity, the embedded figures test and systemizing in autism spectrum disorders.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2012Article
- Sex differences and autism: brain function during verbal fluency and mental rotation.PloS one · 2012Article
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Abstract
Within the Extreme Male Brain theory, Autism Spectrum Disorder is characterised as a deficit in empathising in conjunction with preserved or enhanced systemising. A male advantage in systemising is argued to underpin the traditional male advantage in mental rotation tasks. Mental rotation tasks can be separated into rotational and non-rotational components, and circulating testosterone has been found to consistently relate to the latter component. Systemising was found to correlate with mental rotation, specifically the non-rotational component(s) of the mental rotation task but not the rotational component of the task. Systemising also correlated with a proxy for circulating testosterone but not a proxy for prenatal testosterone. A sex difference was identified in systemising and the non-rotational aspect of the mental rotation task.
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