"Male Brain" hype criticized
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Don't Believe The Hype Around Autistic Women Having A Male Brain
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A study just published in JAMA Psychiatry has made some waves with its conclusions that women with autism are much more likely than women without autism to have a "male brain." The study findings do not, however, live up to the breathless headlines or to claims of one of its authors, Simon Baron-Cohen, who excitedly tweeted that "79.6% of women with autism have a male brain, and women with a male brain are 3 times more likely to have autism."
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Good to see the reviewer applying some critical thinking to these overblown claims of Simon Baron-Cohen. He has often seemed to be the kind of academic self-promoter who has a tendency to think only within his own perceptions and theories, while missing the bigger picture and steadfastly ignoring it even when others point it out.
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