Of course it's not the only 'maleness' that could be tested and analyzed, but the article say it is the one most strongly linked to autism. > Prior to this wor

Of course it's not the only 'maleness' that could be tested and analyzed, but the article say it is the one most strongly linked to autism. > Prior to this work, the strongest evidence for a link between testosterone exposure and reduced cognitive empathy came in 2011 in a study that [...] supported the idea that prenatal testosterone exposure created a more masculinized brain that less readily inferred the emotional state of others. The study was used as support for the “extreme male brain” hypothesis of autism, which contends that autism is an exaggeration of “male” tendencies toward a cognitive style characterized by systemizing over empathizing.