Individual and gender differences in Empathizing and Systemizing: Measurement of individual differences by the Empathy Quotient (EQ) and the Systemizing Quotient (SQ)

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-277

  Wakabayashi, Akio ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Wheelwright, Sally ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; Empathizing; Empathizing systemizing model; Gender differences; Systemizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751243586     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.77.271     Document Type: Article

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