Recent functional imaging, neuropsychological and electrophysiological studies on adults
have provided evidence for a fast, low-spatial-frequency, subcortical face-detection pathway …

The mechanism by which humans perceive others differs greatly from how humans perceive
inanimate objects. Unlike inanimate objects, humans have the distinct property of being" like …

Systemizing is the drive to analyse systems or construct systems. A recent model of
psychological sex differences suggests that this is a major dimension in which the sexes …

Why do people resort to plastic surgery to look young? Why are stepchildren at greatest risk
of fatal abuse? Why do we prefer gossip to algebra? Why must Dogon wives live alone in a …

There has been a widely held belief that people with autism spectrum disorders lack
empathy. This article examines the empathy imbalance hypothesis (EIH) of autism …

Understanding the roots of prosocial behavior is an interdisciplinary research endeavor that
has generated an abundance of empirical data across many disciplines. This review …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by reduced attention to social stimuli
including the human face. This hypo-responsiveness to stimuli that are engaging to typically …

This study was designed to test three competing hypotheses (impaired configural
processing; impaired Theory of Mind; atypical amygdala functioning) to explain the basic …

The human amygdala has long been implicated to play a key role in autism spectrum
disorder (ASD). Yet it remains unclear to what extent the amygdala accounts for the social …

The primary inhibitory neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) has a prominent role in
regulating neural development and function, with disruption to GABAergic signalling linked …