Sex and gender in neurodevelopmental conditions

S Bölte, J Neufeld, PB Marschik, ZJ Williams… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Health-related conditions often differ qualitatively or quantitatively between individuals of
different birth-assigned sexes and gender identities, and/or with different gendered …

The female autism phenotype and camouflaging: A narrative review

L Hull, KV Petrides, W Mandy - Review Journal of Autism and …, 2020 - Springer
Autism is more commonly diagnosed in males than females. One explanation is the 'female
protective effect': there is something inherent in being female which reduces the likelihood of …

Deep learning models reveal replicable, generalizable, and behaviorally relevant sex differences in human functional brain organization

S Ryali, Y Zhang, C de Los Angeles, K Supekar… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Sex plays a crucial role in human brain development, aging, and the manifestation of
psychiatric and neurological disorders. However, our understanding of sex differences in …

[HTML][HTML] Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals

V Warrier, DM Greenberg, E Weir… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
It is unclear whether transgender and gender-diverse individuals have elevated rates of
autism diagnosis or traits related to autism compared to cisgender individuals in large non …

Sex and age differences in “theory of mind” across 57 countries using the English version of the “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” Test

DM Greenberg, V Warrier, A Abu-Akel, C Allison… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
The “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” Test (Eyes Test) is a widely used assessment of “theory
of mind.” The NIMH Research Domain Criteria recommends it as one of two tests for …

Sex differences in autism spectrum disorder: diagnostic, neurobiological, and behavioral features

A Napolitano, S Schiavi, P La Rosa… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with a
worldwide prevalence of about 1%, characterized by impairments in social interaction …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences matter: Males and females are equal but not the same

I Szadvári, D Ostatníková, JB Durdiaková - Physiology & Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Sex differences between males and females can be detected early in life. They are present
also later even to a much greater extent affecting our life in adulthood and a wide spectrum …

The contribution of environmental exposure to the etiology of autism spectrum disorder

S Bölte, S Girdler, PB Marschik - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition of heterogeneous
etiology. While it is widely recognized that genetic and environmental factors and their …

Sensory perception in autism

CE Robertson, S Baron-Cohen - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental condition, and little is known about its
neurobiology. Much of autism research has focused on the social, communication and …

Sex differences in the adult human brain: evidence from 5216 UK biobank participants

SJ Ritchie, SR Cox, X Shen, MV Lombardo… - Cerebral …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Sex differences in the human brain are of interest for many reasons: for example, there are
sex differences in the observed prevalence of psychiatric disorders and in some …