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ArticlePloS one2018

Empathizing-systemizing cognitive styles: Effects of sex and academic degree.

Rachel Kidron, Leon Kaganovskiy, Simon Baron-Cohen

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Rachel KidronCollege of Arts and Letters, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-9815-8516
Leon KaganovskiyMathematics Department, Touro College and University system, New York, New York, United States of America.
Simon Baron-CohenAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study tests if the drives to empathize (E) and systemize (S), measured by the Systemizing Quotient-Revised (SQ-R) and Empathy Quotient (EQ), show effects of sex and academic degree. The responses of 419 students from the Humanities and the Physical Sciences were analyzed in terms of the E-S theory predictions. Results confirm that there is an interaction between sex, degree and the drive to empathize relative to systemize. Female students in the Humanities on average had a stronger drive to empathize than to systemize in comparison to males in the Humanities. Male students in the Sciences on average had a stronger drive to systemize than to empathize in comparison to females in the Sciences. Finally, students in the sciences on average had a stronger drive to systemize more than to empathize, irrespective of their sex. The reverse is true for students in the Humanities. These results strongly replicate earlier findings.

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CognitionEducational StatusEmpathyAdultCareer ChoiceFemaleHumanitiesHumansMaleNatural Science DisciplinesPersonalitySex FactorsStudentsSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adult

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PMID29579056
PMCPMC5868797

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