The extreme male brain theory of autism.

By Simon Baron-Cohen. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2002

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Education, Genetics

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Development of short forms of the Empathy Quotient (EQ-Short) and the Systemizing Quotient (SQ-Short) (2006, neutral): “S theory of sex diﬀerences (Baron-Cohen, 2002) using the Short EQ (EQ-Short) and SQ (SQ-Short).”
Cognitive style predicts entry into physical sciences and humanities: Questionnaire and performance tests of empathy and systemizing (2007, background): “S theory proposes that females on average have a stronger drive to empathize, whilst males on average have a stronger drive to systemize (Baron-Cohen, 2002).”
Cognitive Styles of Music Listening (2008, background): “This theory originated from the study of autism and can be seen as a new formulation of his extreme male brain theory (EMB theory, Baron-Cohen, 2002).”
A Behavioral Comparison of Male and Female Adults with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Conditions (2011, neutral): “Finally, it may be that at the cognitive and/or biological levels, ASC is an extreme of the male brain (EMB) in the domains of empathy and systemizing [9,29,30].”
Taste for Competition and the Gender Gap Among Young Business Professionals (2015, background): “If we ignore those, the average male total compensation drops to $170K, the gender gap to 14%, the average overall bonus for men becomes 44% higher than for women, and the expected performance bonus 222% higher for men compared to women.”
Factor Structure, Reliability and Criterion Validity of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ): A Study in Dutch Population and Patient Groups (2008, result): “In line with the empathizing–systemizing theory of autism (Baron-Cohen 2002; Baron-Cohen et al. 2005) and findings from previous studies (Baron-Cohen et al. 2001; Hoekstra et al. 2007; Wakabayashi et al. 2006) we expected: (a) AQ scores to be continuously distributed in the general population; (b)…”
Friendship motivations, challenges and the role of masking for girls with autism in contrasting school settings (2018, background): “…male diagnoses, but also since the majority of studies focus on gender differences from a biogenic viewpoint or using quantitative methodology (e.g. Baron-Cohen 2002; Dworzynski et al., 2012; Hartley and Sikora 2009; McGillivray and Evert 2014; Wing 1981), which while valuable do not offer the…”
The role of MT+/V5 during biological motion perception in Asperger Syndrome: An fMRI study (2007, neutral): “We conclude that reduced activation of key regions of the ‘social brain’, including the human analogue of MT+/V5, is characteristic of autism, and recommend that future work test if this reduction is restricted to the perception of social information or if this is part of a general difference in how”
The systemizing quotient: an investigation of adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism, and normal sex differences. (2003, methodology): “S theory of sex differences in the mind (Baron-Cohen 2002) and the EMB theory of autism (Baron-Cohen & Hammer 1997; Baron-Cohen 2000; Baron-Cohen et al. 2002).”
Sex/Gender Differences and Autism: Setting the Scene for Future Research (2015, positive): “Following implications from the extreme-male-brain theory, 5,109 it has been shown that prenatal testosterone level predicts cognitive – behavioral characteristics related to autism in both typically developing males and females.”
The Empathy Quotient: An Investigation of Adults with Asperger Syndrome or High Functioning Autism, and Normal Sex Differences (2004, methodology): “The results from both studies are consistent with the extreme male brain (EMB) theory of autism (Asperger, 1944; Baron-Cohen, 2002, 2003; BaronCohen & Hammer, 1997).”
Understanding autism: insights from mind and brain. (2003, background): “Baron-Cohen's proposal of systemizing as a typical preference in autism can also be characterized as an activity that essentially starts with an interest in single facts, or single objects (Baron-Cohen 2002). The brain basis of the processing bias identified as central coherence has been little expl”
The Structure and Nature of the Broader Autism Phenotype in a Non-clinical Sample (2011, background): “Baron-Cohen and colleagues have proposed that genes involved in ASD cluster with those involving a preference for activities which involve “systematizing,” or the tendency to analyze, understand, predict, control and construct rule-based systems, and an avoidance of activities that require “empathiz”
Evaluating the theory of executive dysfunction in autism (2004, background): “, 1995; Scott & Baron-Cohen, 1996). However, the Boucher (1988) study reveals a difficulty in characterising a word fluency task as a good test of the generation of novel responses.”
Sex differences in scanning faces: Does attention to the eyes explain female superiority in facial expression recognition? (2010, background): “In his presentation of the extreme male brain hypothesis of autism, Baron-Cohen (2002) argued that men and women differ in their ‘‘empathising’’ capacity.”
Disorders of childhood and adolescence: gender and psychopathology. (2008, methodology): “Prenatal exposure to testosterone may account for slower biological and physical maturation , as well as greater disinhibition in boys than in girls (Baron-Cohen 2002; Geary 1998, 2002; Keenan & Shaw 1997).”