Foetal testosterone and eye contact in 12-month-old human infants

By Svetlana Lutchmaya, Simon Baron-Cohen, P. Raggatt. 2002

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Gaze Cueing of Attention (2007, background): “A strong biological component to the development of eye contact behavior is suggested because of its early emergence and because of the finding of a significant quadratic relationship between prenatal testosterone levels and the amount of eye contact made (Lutchmaya et al., 2002).”
Prevalence of autism-spectrum conditions: UK school-based population study (2009, unknown): “41,42 However, this may in part be accounted for by the measurement instrument and sampling procedure, and not be a reflection of a possible true difference in the number of clinical but undiagnosed boys and girls.”
Testosterone and human aggression: an evaluation of the challenge hypothesis. (2006, background): “, 1992), eye contact (Lutchmaya et al., 2002), toy preferences (Berenbaum and Hines, 1992; Hines et al.”
The systemizing quotient: an investigation of adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism, and normal sex differences. (2003, background): “A candidate biological factor influencing these sex differences is prenatal testosterone and its action on the developing brain (Geschwind & Galaburda 1985; Lutchmaya et al. 2002 ).”
Men, women and STEM: Why the differences and what should be done? (2020, background): “…addition to the spatial-skills findings, testosterone has been linked to higher systemizing, and to lower social skills, empathizing and verbal ability (Auyeung et al., 2006; Chapman et al., 2006; Lutchmaya et al., 2001, 2002; although see Nadler et al., 2019, on the testosterone/low-empathy link).”
Sex differences in theory of mind: A male advantage on Happé's “cartoon” task (2007, background): “Lutchmaya, Baron-Cohen, and Raggatt (2002) reported sex differences in social and non-social orienting responses as early as 12 months in human infants, suggesting that maturational factors on social cognition operate early in development.”
Why Are Autism Spectrum Conditions More Prevalent in Males? (2011, background): “associated with frequency of eye contact at 12 months old”
Individual differences and the development of joint attention in infancy. (2007, background): “In previous research, gender-related processes have been observed to contribute to early differences in infants’ social eye contact (Leeb & Rejskind, 2004; Lutchmaya, Baron-Cohen, & Raggatt, 2002 ).”