[article]
Titre : |
Visuo-spatial Processing in Autism—Testing the Predictions of Extreme Male Brain Theory |
Type de document : |
Texte imprimé et/ou numérique |
Auteurs : |
Christine M. FALTER, Auteur ; Kate C. PLAISTED, Auteur ; Greg DAVIS, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2008 |
Article en page(s) : |
p.507-515 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Autism Visuo-spatial-cognition 2D:4D Prenatal testosterone Extreme-male-brain |
Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
Résumé : |
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 Autism Spectrum Disorder, ASD (N = 28), and chronological as well as mental age matched typically-developing children (N = 31). While the group with ASD outperformed the control group at Mental Rotation and Figure-Disembedding, these group differences were not related to differences in prenatal testosterone level. Previous findings of an association between Targeting and 2D:4D were replicated in typically-developing children and children with ASD. The implications of these results for the extreme male brain (EMB) theory of autism are discussed. |
En ligne : |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-007-0419-8 |
Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=335 |
in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 38-3 (March 2008) . - p.507-515
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