[Individual and gender differences in Empathizing and Systemizing: measurement of individual differences by the Empathy Quotient (EQ) and the Systemizing Quotient (SQ)]Akio Wakabayashi
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Chiba University, Japan
Shinrigaku Kenkyu 77:271-7. 2006
..Results also showed that humanities majors scored higher than sciences majors on the EQ, and again the result was reversed on the SQ. The results were discussed in relation to the E-S theory of gender differences...
- The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) in Japan: A cross-cultural comparison
Akio Wakabayashi
Department of Psychology, Chiba University, Inage, Chiba, Japan
J Autism Dev Disord 36:263-70. 2006
..Among the controls, males scored significantly higher than females. The similarity of results in both the general population and the clinical group across the two cultures was remarkable...
- The autism-spectrum quotient (AQ) children's version in Japan: a cross-cultural comparison
Akio Wakabayashi
Department of Psychology, Chiba University, Inage, Chiba, Japan
J Autism Dev Disord 37:491-500. 2007
..0, SD = 6.88; controls mean AQ = 11.7, SD = 5.94). Among the controls, males scored significantly higher than females. The pattern of difference between clinical groups and controls was found to be similar in both countries...
- Empathizing and systemizing in adults with and without autism spectrum conditions: cross-cultural stability
Akio Wakabayashi
Department of Psychology, Chiba University, Yayoi cho, Inage, Chiba 263 8522, Japan
J Autism Dev Disord 37:1823-32. 2007
..The distribution of 'brain types', based on the difference between EQ and SQ scores, showed distinct profiles for people with ASC, control males and control females...
- [Autism-spectrum quotient (AQ) Japanese children's version " comparison between high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorders and normal controls]
Akio Wakabayashi
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Chiba University, Yayoi cho, Inage Ku, Chiba 263 8522, Japan
Shinrigaku Kenkyu 77:534-40. 2007
..94). Males scored significantly higher than females in the control group, but not in the ASD group. The pattern of difference between the Japanese clinical group and the control group was remarkably similar to the findings in the UK...
- [The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) Japanese version: evidence from high-functioning clinical group and normal adults]
Akio Wakabayashi
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522
Shinrigaku Kenkyu 75:78-84. 2004
..Among the controls, males scored slightly but significantly higher than females. The reliability of the AQ in both test-retest and inter-rater measures were significantly high...
- 'Autistic' traits in non-autistic Japanese populations: relationships with personality traits and cognitive ability
Yura Kunihira
Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 153 8902, Tokyo, Japan
J Autism Dev Disord 36:553-66. 2006
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- Sex differences in the relationship between cortisol levels and the Empathy and Systemizing Quotients in humans
Yoshihisa Nakayama
Brain Science Institute, Graduate School of Engineering, Tamagawa University, Japan
Neuro Endocrinol Lett 28:445-8. 2007
..These relationships are potentially important in the developmental psychopathology of autism and neuroeconomics of empathy...
