Is autism an extreme male brain condition?
Description
- Autism is a brain disorder that affects a child's abiltiy to interact and build relationship with others.
- its symptoms include lower language ability than normal, problem with communication and low imaginative thinking ability
- about three quartes of people with autism are males
- the autism patient brain is an extreme version of a normal male brain
- some people say that the brain structure of an autistic person is similar to the brain structure of a normal male
Application
- heavy brain: the normal male brain is heavier than a female brain and the brain of a person with autism is heavier.
- growth: the normal male brain grows slower than a female brain and people with autism have much more slower gowth
- size of corpus callosum: normal male brain has smaller corpus callosum than females and peple wityh autism have smaller corpus callosum
- spatial ability: males have better spatial ability than females and people with autism have better spatial ability than normal males
- language: male develop in language slower than females and people with autism develop in language slower than normal males
- some females can also develop autism as a result of the possibility of male brain structure in them due to exposure to the male hormones.
- research on twins show that 60% of MZ(monozygotic twins) will have autism if their twin has it
- other eveidence show that autism is a result of undiagnosed phenylketonuria