In autism, the social benefits of being a girl

Monday, February 8, 2016 - 13:14 in Psychology & Sociology

Infant girls at risk for autism pay more attention to social cues in faces than infant boys, according to a Yale School of Medicine study — the first one known to prospectively examine sex-related social differences in at-risk infants. This difference in observational skills could help protect female siblings of children with autism from developing […]

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