Measuring empathizing and systemizing with a large US sample

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Wright, Daniel B ^a   Skagerberg, Elin M ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; EMPHATIZING QUOTIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SYSTEMIZING; SYSTEMIZING QUOTIENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ATTITUDE; EMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857466203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031661     Document Type: Article

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