Brains with typically male design linked to higher autism risk, researchers find
Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brains with a typically male design have been linked to an increased risk of autism. Girl with autism praised for Christmas version of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' Scientists compared 98 men and women aged 18 to 42 with “high functioning” autism and the same number of neurologically normal individuals. Women who had a more male-like brain anatomy were three times more likely to have been diagnosed with autism than those whose brain structure was typically female. "These findings highlight the need for considering normative sex-related phenotypic diversity when determining an individual's risk for ASD and provide important novel insights into the neurobiological mechanisms mediating sex differences in ASD prevalence.” Press Association
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