Empathizing and systemizing cognitive traits in the sciences and humanities

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 619-625

  Focquaert, Farah ^a,b   Steven, Megan S ^b   Wolford, George L ^b   Colden, Albina ^b   Gazzaniga, Michael S ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Cognition; Empathizing; Gender differences; Humanities; Sciences; Systemizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147181091     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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