A couple things about the "male brain" theory of autism that puzzle me

fiat_lux_ · 2018-01-25T02:08:16+00:00

There's a new theory that autism makes you less gendered in general. It makes women more male-brained while making men less male-brained. At the very least, the evidence that autism makes men more masc is limited (mostly to pre-natal testosterone and in stereotypical standards such as weaker social flexibility).

There are quite a few recent articles on this. Sample to start with:

Differences between females with and without autism resembled the differences between non-autistic male and female brains, supporting the EMB theory. However, the brains of males with autism were no more male than those without.”The theory seems to fit with the female brain findings, but not the male brain,” says Frith. “This is unexpected and will lead to a modification of EMB theory.”

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24039-autism-may-make-brains-of-women-but-not-men-more-male/

Atlas_B_Shruggin · 2018-01-25T02:37:40+00:00

the female brained opposite of Autism is William's Syndrome, source? the inside of my own eyelids

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[deleted] · 2018-01-25T02:01:38+00:00

But is gendering autism an over-simplification? Is autism sort of like a third psychological gender?

It's a disorder

PBRScagsquad · 2018-01-25T02:23:10+00:00

But is gendering autism an over-simplification? Is autism sort of like a third psychological gender?

It's a developmental disorder.

Title	A couple things about the "male brain" theory of autism that puzzle me
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Date	January 25, 2018 1:58 AM UTC (8 years ago)
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