Visual attention to faces in children with autism spectrum disorder: are there sex differences?

ConclusionsThis study has implications for how the field understands core social deficits in children with ASD, which should ideally be benchmarked against same-sex peers (male and female). Social attention in ASD females fell on a continuum —greater than their ASD male peers, but not as great as TD females. Overall, their social attention mirrored that of TD males. Improved understanding of the female social phenotype in ASD will enhance early screening and diagnostic efforts and will guide the development of sex-sensitive experiment al paradigms and social interventions.
Source: Molecular Autism - Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research