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List of Figures |
ix |
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Acknowledgements |
xi |
| 1 |
The Male and Female Brain |
1 |
| 2 |
Boy Meets Girl |
14 |
| 3 |
What is Empathizing? |
23 |
| 4 |
The Female Brain as Empathizer: The Evidence |
31 |
| 5 |
What is Systemizing? |
63 |
| 6 |
The Male Brain as Systemizer: The Evidence |
70 |
| 7 |
Culture |
86 |
| 8 |
Biology |
96 |
| 9 |
Evolution of the Male and Female Brain |
117 |
| 10 |
Autism: The Extreme Male Brain |
133 |
| 11 |
A Professor of Mathematics |
155 |
| 12 |
The Extreme Female Brain: Back to the Future |
170 |
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Appendix I: The Reading the Mind in the Eyes' Test |
186 |
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Appendix 2: The Empathy Quotient (EQ) |
200 |
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Appendix 3: The Systemizing Quotient (SQ) |
206 |
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Appendix 4: The Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) |
212 |
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References |
217 |
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Bibliography |
227 |
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Index |
257 |