Fetal testosterone and autistic traits: a response to three fascinating commentaries.
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This article is an author response to three previous commentaries on 'Fetal testosterone and autistic traits' (Auyeung et al., 2009).
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Prenatal versus postnatal sex steroid hormone effects on autistic traits in children at 18 to 24 months of age
UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Studies of prenatal exposure to sex steroid hormones predict autistic traits in children at 18 to 24 and at 96 months of age. However, it is not known whether postnatal exposure to these hormones has a similar effect. This study compares prenatal and postnatal sex steroid hormone levels in relation to autistic traits in 18 to 24-month-old children.Fetal testosterone (fT...
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Studies of amniotic testosterone in humans suggest that fetal testosterone (fT) is related to specific (but not all) sexually dimorphic aspects of cognition and behaviour. It has also been suggested that autism may be an extreme manifestation of some male-typical traits, both in terms of cognition and neuroanatomy. In this paper, we examine the possibility of a link between autistic traits and ...
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BACKGROUND Autism spectrum conditions have been characterised as an extreme presentation of certain male-typical psychological traits. In addition, several studies have established a link between prenatal exposure to testosterone and cognitive sex differences in later life, and one study found that foetal testosterone (FT) is positively correlated to autistic traits in 6 to 10 year-old children...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British journal of psychology
دوره 100 Pt 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009