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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...
Prenatal and postnatal hormone effects on the human brain and cognitionBonnie 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...
Prenatal versus postnatal sex steroid hormone effects on autistic traits in children at 18 to 24 months of ageBonnie 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:..
Brief report: development of the adolescent empathy and systemizing quotientsBonnie 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...
Effects of fetal testosterone on visuospatial abilityBonnie 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...
Foetal testosterone and autistic traits in 18 to 24-month-old childrenBonnie 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...
The children's Empathy Quotient and Systemizing Quotient: sex differences in typical development and in autism spectrum conditionsBonnie 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...
Fetal testosterone and autistic traitsBonnie 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...
Cognition in males and females with autism: similarities and differencesMeng 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...
Fetal testosterone influences sexually dimorphic gray matter in the human brainMichael 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...
Fetal testosterone and empathy: evidence from the empathy quotient (EQ) and the "reading the mind in the eyes" testEmma 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...
Fetal testosterone predicts sexually differentiated childhood behavior in girls and in boysBonnie Auyeung
Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Psychol Sci 20:144-8. 2009....
Fetal programming effects of testosterone on the reward system and behavioral approach tendencies in humansMichael V Lombardo
Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Biol Psychiatry 72:839-47. 2012....
Fetal testosterone and autistic traits: a response to three fascinating commentariesSimon 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)...
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...
Organizational effects of fetal testosterone on human corpus callosum size and asymmetryLindsay 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...
Prevalence of autism in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: a systematic review and meta-analysisXiang 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...
A review of healthcare service and education provision of Autism Spectrum Condition in mainland ChinaXiang 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...
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...
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...
Service provision for autism in mainland China: a service providers' perspectiveXiang 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...
Variation in the autism candidate gene GABRB3 modulates tactile sensitivity in typically developing childrenTeresa Tavassoli
Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Mol Autism 3:6. 2012..abstract:..
