Fetal testosterone and empathy

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 282-292

  Knickmeyer, Rebecca ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a   Raggatt, Peter ^b   Taylor, Kevin ^b   Hackett, Gerald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Rosie Maternity Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Empathy; Fetal testosterone; Social development; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AFFECT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ART; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AFFECT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMPATHY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 32544449127     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

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