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The Empathy Quotient: An Investigation of Adults with Asperger Syndrome or High Functioning Autism, and Normal Sex Differences

S. Baron-Cohen, S. Wheelwright

2004.4.1JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS

DOI: 10.1023/b:jadd.0000022607.19833.00

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The EQ reveals both a sex difference in empathy in the general population and an empathy deficit in Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism adults, who are reported clinically to have difficulties in empathy.

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BARON-COHEN, S.; WHEELWRIGHT, S. The empathy quotient: An investigation of adults with asperger syndrome or high functioning autism, and normal sex differences. JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, 2004, 34: 163–175.