Men and women with autism have 'extreme male' scores on the 'eyes test' of mindreading
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 10:50
in Psychology & Sociology
Scientists have completed the largest ever study of people with autism taking the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' test. Whilst typical adults showed the predicted and now well-established sex difference on this test, with women on average scoring higher than men, in adults with autism this typical sex difference was conspicuously absent.