Attenuation of Typical Sex Differences in 800 Adults with Autism vs. 3,900 Controls

Simon Baron-Cohen; Sarah Cassidy; Bonnie Auyeung; Carrie Allison; Maryam Achoukhi; Sarah Robertson; Alexa Pohl; Meng-Chuan Lai

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102251

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Attenuation of Typical Sex Differences in 800 Adults with Autism vs. 3,900 Controls

Simon Baron-Cohen ,

* E-mail: sb205@cam.ac.uk (SBC); mcl45@cam.ac.uk (M-CL)

Affiliations Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge Lifespan Asperger Syndrome Service (CLASS) Clinic, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough National Health Service Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Sarah Cassidy,

Affiliation Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Bonnie Auyeung,

Affiliations Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Carrie Allison,

Affiliation Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Maryam Achoukhi,

Affiliation Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Sarah Robertson,

Affiliation Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Alexa Pohl,

Affiliation Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Meng-Chuan Lai

* E-mail: sb205@cam.ac.uk (SBC); mcl45@cam.ac.uk (M-CL)

Affiliations Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge Lifespan Asperger Syndrome Service (CLASS) Clinic, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough National Health Service Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Attenuation of Typical Sex Differences in 800 Adults with Autism vs. 3,900 Controls

Simon Baron-Cohen,
Sarah Cassidy,
Bonnie Auyeung,
Carrie Allison,
Maryam Achoukhi,
Sarah Robertson,
Alexa Pohl,
Meng-Chuan Lai

Published: July 16, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102251

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