[lbo-talk] testosterone the antisocial hormone?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu May 13 07:40:12 PDT 2004


At 9:24 AM -0500 5/13/04, newsletter at newscientist.com wrote:

The antisocial hormone <http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994981>

Levels of testosterone in the womb may profoundly affect a person’s social development. The latest in a series of studies suggests that children exposed to high levels in the womb are less developed socially and may also explain why men are four times as likely as women to suffer from autism. Although too small to be conclusive, the study's findings fit with the theory that autism is an extreme form of the male brain...

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