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Autism Is Different In The Brains Of Girls Than In Boys

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“Why Autism is Different in the Brains of Girls than in Boys” written by Alexandra Stifferlin was published by Time Magazine on May 12, 2015. In this article, Stifferlin discusses that both biological and social reasons might be why girls are less diagnosed with autism than boys.
For every girl diagnosed with autism there is four boys. Autism is a perplexing disorder that researchers are still utilizing studies to understand better when it comes to gender differences. A new study published in Molecular Autism, UC Davis MIND Institute researchers looked at the corpus callosum in hopes of finding a difference in boys versus girls. Prior research had show that there would be differences. The study found that the organization of fibers within the

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