Browsing Τμήμα Ψυχολογίας / Department of Psychology by Subject "Fetal testosterone"

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    • Article  

      Organizational effects of fetal testosterone on human corpus callosum size and asymmetry 

      Chura, Lindsay R.; Lombardo, Michael V.; Ashwin, Emma; Auyeung, Bonnie; Chakrabarti, B.; Bullmore, Edward T.; Baron-Cohen, Simon (2010)
      Previous theory and research in animals has identified the critical role that fetal testosterone (FT) plays in organizing sexually dimorphic brain development. However, to date there are no studies in humans directly testing ...
    • Book Chapter  

      Why is autism more common in males? 

      Baron-Cohen, Simon; Lombardo, Michael V.; Auyeung, Bonnie; Ashwin, Emma; Chakrabarti, B.; Knickmeyer, Rebecca (2014)
      Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) are much more common in males, a bias that may offer clues to the etiology of this condition. We argue that it occurs because ASC are an extreme manifestation of the male brain. The extreme ...