BACKGROUND Patients with anorexia may have elevated autistic traits. In this study, we tested test whether patients with anorexia nervosa (anorexia) have an elevated score on a dimensional measure of autistic traits, the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ), as well as on trait measures relevant to the autism spectrum: the Empathy Quotient (EQ), and the Systemizing Quotient (SQ). METHODS Two groups ...

following the innovations in conceptualization of intelligence – form iq, mi, to eq, this study attempts to examine the role of emotional intelligence in second language learning and academic achievement. to this end, 328 students were asked to take the eq questionnaire, the correlations between eq and reading, listening, speaking, writing, and gpa were then computed for all participants and ea...

The study addresses the role of empathy in the recognition of vocal emotions (joy, anger, sadness) when they are moderately expressed in speech which is listened to without the speaker being seen. The test was taken by 67 adults (29 male and 38 female subjects aged 30–60), whose empathy level had previously been measured by Baron-Cohen & Wheelwright’s self-report questionnaire, the Empathy Quot...

The relationship between intelligence quotient (IQ) and cognitive control processes has been extensively established. Several studies have shown that IQ correlates with cognitive control abilities, such as interference suppression, as measured with experimental tasks like the Stroop and Flanker tasks. By contrast, there is a debate about the role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in individuals' c...

Children's versions of the Empathy Quotient (EQ-C) and Systemizing Quotient (SQ-C) were developed and administered to n = 1,256 parents of typically developing children, aged 4-11 years. Both measures showed good test-retest reliability and high internal consistency. As predicted, girls scored significantly higher on the EQ-C, and boys scored significantly higher on the SQ-C. A further sample o...

BACKGROUND Clinical reasoning is one of the most important competencies that a physician should achieve. Many medical schools and licensing bodies try to predict it based on some general measures such as critical thinking, personality, and emotional intelligence. This study aimed at providing a model to design the relationship between the constructs. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty-nine medical s...

0191-8869/$ see front matter 2010 Published by doi:10.1016/j.paid.2010.01.030 * Corresponding author. Address: Department o Swansea, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK. Tel.: +44 1792 2956 E-mail address: [email protected] (J.T. Ma The ratio of 2nd to 4th digit length (2D:4D), the systemizing quotient (SQ) and the empathizing quotient (EQ) are putative correlates of prenatal testosterone. However, the ...