Many traits of autism are perceived as “male traits”, which may hinder the diagnosis and understanding of women with autism, in study of implicit and explicit associations

Many traits of autism are perceived as “male traits”, which may hinder the diagnosis and understanding of women with autism, in study of implicit and explicit associations Credit: StockSnap, Pixabay, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Many traits of autism are perceived as “male traits”, which may hinder the diagnosis and understanding of women with autism, in study of […]

Aug 23, 2023 - 20:00
Many traits of autism are perceived as “male traits”, which may hinder the diagnosis and understanding of women with autism, in study of implicit and explicit associations

Many traits of autism are perceived as “male traits”, which may hinder the diagnosis and understanding of women with autism, in study of implicit and explicit associations

Autism, thy name is man: Exploring implicit and explicit gender bias in autism perceptions

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Many traits of autism are perceived as “male traits”, which may hinder the diagnosis and understanding of women with autism, in study of implicit and explicit associations

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0284013

Article Title: Autism, thy name is man: Exploring implicit and explicit gender bias in autism perceptions

Author Countries: UK

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.


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