Fetal testosterone and autistic traits
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Fetal testosterone and autistic traits.
Studies of amniotic testosterone in humans suggest that fetal testosterone (fT) is related to specific (but not all) sexually dimorphic aspects of cognition and behaviour. It has also been suggested that autism may be an extreme manifestation of some male-typical traits, both in terms of cognition and neuroanatomy. In this paper, we examine the possibility of a link between autistic traits and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0007-1269
DOI: 10.1348/000712608x311731