Research by scientists at Emory University indicates autistic boys and girl do not process social information alike, thus leading to differences in how well they interact with others. Yale University scientists say that even though girls have more genetic mutations associated with autism, some unknown...
Among children diagnosed with the high-functioning form of autism, boys outnumber girls by four to one. Scientists were interested in comparing the expression of core features of the disorder between sexes because they have long suspected girls with autism may display symptoms differently, causing th...
Among children diagnosed with the high-functioning form of autism, boys outnumber girls by four to one. Scientists were interested in comparing the expression of core features of the disorder between sexes because they have long suspected girls with autism may display symptoms differently, causing th...
Males are three times more likely than females to have autism. Although autism is strongly heritable, the male prevalence of autism must be due to more than justgenessinceautisticgirls carry a much higher mutational load than autistic boys. Thus, having genes for autism alone does not explain w...
New research has shed light on how autism-spectrum disorder (ASD) manifests in the brains of girls, prompting the scientists to warn that conclusions drawn from studies conducted primarily in boys should not be assumed to hold true for girls.
Yiluo Li. The reasons for girls diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) less commonly than boys. International Journal of Frontiers in Medicine (2023), Vol. 5, Issue 6: 77-84. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFM.2023.050612. References ...
Ninety-three school-aged children with ASD or TD were matched on IQ; autistic girls and boys were additionally matched on autism symptom severity using the ADOS-2. Participants completed a 5-minute “get-to-know-you” conversation with a new young adult acquaintance. Immediately after the conver...
Girls and Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder Relative to Same-Sex Typically Developing Peers Exhibit Distinct Cortical Folding Abnormalities during Late Childhood and AdolescenceD. YangS. AbdullahiA. JackP. VentolaE. H. AylwardM. Dapretto Ph.D...
The researchers also found some autism symptoms weremore prevalent in girls versus boys. Girls were more likely to struggle with social cognition, or the ability to interpret social cues. On the other hand, boys were more likely to engage in repetitive behaviors such as hand flapping and were ...
girls and women prefer socialising with boys and men rather than women (Bargiela et al.2016; Cridland et al.2014), and do not readily identify with the construct of femininity (Kanfiszer et al.2017). Gender variance is defined as gender identity or gender expression which does not conform ...