The "reading the mind in the eyes" test: Complete absence of typical sex difference in 400 men and women with autism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Baron Cohen, S ^a,b   Bowen, Daniel C ^a   Holt, Rosemary J ^a   Allison, Carrie ^a   Auyeung, Bonnie ^a,c   Lombardo, Michael V ^a,d   Smith, Paula ^a   Lai, Meng Chuan ^a,b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; EMPATHY; EXTREME MALE BRAIN THEORY; EYE TEST SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; THEORY OF MIND; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; READING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; READING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

EID: 84943195212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136521     Document Type: Article

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