Bonnie Auyeung

Summary

Affiliation: University of Cambridge
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi The Autism Spectrum Quotient: Children's Version (AQ-Child)
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Road, Cambridge, UK
    J Autism Dev Disord 38:1230-40. 2008
  2. ncbi Prenatal and postnatal hormone effects on the human brain and cognition
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Road, Cambridge, CB2 8AH, UK
    Pflugers Arch 465:557-71. 2013
  3. ncbi Prenatal versus postnatal sex steroid hormone effects on autistic traits in children at 18 to 24 months of age
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Rd, Cambridge CB2 8AH, UK
    Mol Autism 3:17. 2012
  4. ncbi Brief report: development of the adolescent empathy and systemizing quotients
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Rd, Cambridge, UK
    J Autism Dev Disord 42:2225-35. 2012
  5. ncbi Effects of fetal testosterone on visuospatial ability
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Rd, Cambridge, CB2 8AH, UK
    Arch Sex Behav 41:571-81. 2012
  6. ncbi Foetal testosterone and autistic traits in 18 to 24-month-old children
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Rd, Cambridge, CB2 8AH, UK
    Mol Autism 1:11. 2010
  7. ncbi The children's Empathy Quotient and Systemizing Quotient: sex differences in typical development and in autism spectrum conditions
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, Cambridge CB2 8AH, UK
    J Autism Dev Disord 39:1509-21. 2009
  8. ncbi Fetal testosterone and autistic traits
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Br J Psychol 100:1-22. 2009
  9. ncbi Cognition in males and females with autism: similarities and differences
    Meng Chuan Lai
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 7:e47198. 2012
  10. ncbi Fetal testosterone influences sexually dimorphic gray matter in the human brain
    Michael V Lombardo
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 8AH, UK
    J Neurosci 32:674-80. 2012

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Publications22

  1. ncbi The Autism Spectrum Quotient: Children's Version (AQ-Child)
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Road, Cambridge, UK
    J Autism Dev Disord 38:1230-40. 2008
    ..Factor analysis provided support for four of the five AQ-Child design subscales. Future studies should evaluate how the AQ-C performs in population screening...
  2. ncbi Prenatal and postnatal hormone effects on the human brain and cognition
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Road, Cambridge, CB2 8AH, UK
    Pflugers Arch 465:557-71. 2013
    ..Possible directions for valuable future research are discussed...
  3. ncbi Prenatal versus postnatal sex steroid hormone effects on autistic traits in children at 18 to 24 months of age
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Rd, Cambridge CB2 8AH, UK
    Mol Autism 3:17. 2012
    ..abstract:..
  4. ncbi Brief report: development of the adolescent empathy and systemizing quotients
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Rd, Cambridge, UK
    J Autism Dev Disord 42:2225-35. 2012
    ..Longitudinal studies would be useful to test this stability in the future. Finally, relative to typical sex differences, individuals with ASC, regardless of age, on average exhibit a 'hyper-masculinized' profile...
  5. ncbi Effects of fetal testosterone on visuospatial ability
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Rd, Cambridge, CB2 8AH, UK
    Arch Sex Behav 41:571-81. 2012
    ..These results indicate that FT has a significant role in some aspects of cognitive development but that further work is needed to understand its effect on the different aspects of visuospatial ability...
  6. ncbi Foetal testosterone and autistic traits in 18 to 24-month-old children
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Rd, Cambridge, CB2 8AH, UK
    Mol Autism 1:11. 2010
    ..In this study, we tested whether FT is positively correlated with autistic traits in toddlers aged 18-24 months...
  7. ncbi The children's Empathy Quotient and Systemizing Quotient: sex differences in typical development and in autism spectrum conditions
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, Cambridge CB2 8AH, UK
    J Autism Dev Disord 39:1509-21. 2009
    ..Empathy and systemizing in children show similar patterns of sex differences to those observed in adults. Children with ASC tend towards a 'hyper-masculinized' profile, irrespective of sex...
  8. ncbi Fetal testosterone and autistic traits
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Br J Psychol 100:1-22. 2009
    ..These results need to be followed up in a much larger sample to test if clinical cases of ASC have elevated fT...
  9. ncbi Cognition in males and females with autism: similarities and differences
    Meng Chuan Lai
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 7:e47198. 2012
    ..However, in specific non-social cognitive domains, performance within ASC depends on sex. This suggests that in specific domains, cognitive profiles in ASC are modulated by sex...
  10. ncbi Fetal testosterone influences sexually dimorphic gray matter in the human brain
    Michael V Lombardo
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 8AH, UK
    J Neurosci 32:674-80. 2012
    ..These results bridge a long-standing gap between human and nonhuman species by showing that FT acts as an organizing mechanism for the development of regional sexual dimorphism in the human brain...
  11. ncbi Fetal testosterone and empathy: evidence from the empathy quotient (EQ) and the "reading the mind in the eyes" test
    Emma Chapman
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Soc Neurosci 1:135-48. 2006
    ..These results also have implications for the causes of disabilities involving empathy, such as autism spectrum conditions, and may explain the increased rate of such conditions among males...
  12. ncbi Fetal testosterone predicts sexually differentiated childhood behavior in girls and in boys
    Bonnie Auyeung
    Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Psychol Sci 20:144-8. 2009
    ....
  13. ncbi Fetal programming effects of testosterone on the reward system and behavioral approach tendencies in humans
    Michael V Lombardo
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Biol Psychiatry 72:839-47. 2012
    ....
  14. ncbi Fetal testosterone and autistic traits: a response to three fascinating commentaries
    Simon Baron-Cohen
    Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Br J Psychol 100:39-47. 2009
    ..This article is an author response to three previous commentaries on 'Fetal testosterone and autistic traits' (Auyeung et al., 2009)...
  15. ncbi Why are autism spectrum conditions more prevalent in males?
    Simon Baron-Cohen
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    PLoS Biol 9:e1001081. 2011
    ..Ultimately, as these theories are not mutually exclusive and ASC is multi-factorial, they may help explain the male prevalence of ASC...
  16. ncbi Organizational effects of fetal testosterone on human corpus callosum size and asymmetry
    Lindsay R Chura
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Psychoneuroendocrinology 35:122-32. 2010
    ..We suggest that this possible organizational effect of FT on callosal asymmetry may also play a role in shaping sexual dimorphism in functional and structural brain development, cognition, and behavior...
  17. ncbi Prevalence of autism in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Xiang Sun
    Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0SR, UK
    Mol Autism 4:7. 2013
    ..This study synthesizes evidence relating to the prevalence of ASC in these areas and assesses the effects of research methodology on prevalence estimates...
  18. ncbi A review of healthcare service and education provision of Autism Spectrum Condition in mainland China
    Xiang Sun
    Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Forvie Site, Robinson Way CB2 0SR, UK
    Res Dev Disabil 34:469-79. 2013
    ..There were great financial problems faced by the parents of autistic children which were partly due to the under-developed healthcare and educational system for ASC...
  19. ncbi Toward brief “Red Flags” for autism screening: The Short Autism Spectrum Quotient and the Short Quantitative Checklist for Autism in toddlers in 1,000 cases and 3,000 controls [corrected]
    Carrie Allison
    Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University, Department of Psychiatry, UK
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 51:202-212.e7. 2012
    ..91, specificity was 0.89, and PPV was 0.58. Internal consistency was >0.85 on all measures. Conclusions: The short measures have potential to aid referral decision making for specialist assessment and should be further evaluated...
  20. ncbi Defining the broader, medium and narrow autism phenotype among parents using the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ)
    Sally Wheelwright
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Rd, Cambridge, CB2 8AH, UK
    Mol Autism 1:10. 2010
    ..In this paper, the use of the AQ to define the broader, medium and narrow autism phenotypes (BAP, MAP, NAP) is reported, and the proportion of parents with each phenotype is compared between the two groups...
  21. ncbi Service provision for autism in mainland China: a service providers' perspective
    Xiang Sun
    Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Forvie Site, Robinson Way CB2 0SR, UK
    Res Dev Disabil 34:440-51. 2013
    ..The structure of service provision for ASC is under-developed. There is an important need to establish coherent healthcare and education policies to support children with ASC and their families...
  22. ncbi Variation in the autism candidate gene GABRB3 modulates tactile sensitivity in typically developing children
    Teresa Tavassoli
    Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Mol Autism 3:6. 2012
    ..abstract:..