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Direct linkFalter, Christine M.; Plaisted, Kate C.; Davis, Greg – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
It has been hypothesised that autism is an extreme version of the male brain, caused by high levels of prenatal testosterone (Baron-Cohen 1999). To test this proposal, associations were assessed between three visuo-spatial tasks and prenatal testosterone, indexed in second-to-fourth digit length ratios (2D:4D). The study included children with…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Brain, Spatial Ability
