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Why Are Autism Spectrum Conditions More Prevalent in Males?

Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) are much more common in males, a bias that may offer clues to the etiology of this condition. Although the cause of this bias remains a mystery, we argue that it occurs because ASC is an extreme manifestation of the male brain. The extreme male brain (EMB) theory, fi...

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Main Authors: Baron-Cohen, Simon, Lombardo, Michael V., Auyeung, Bonnie, Ashwin, Emma, Chakrabarti, Bhismadev, Knickmeyer, Rebecca
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3114757/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21695109
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001081
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