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Testosterone Cognition and Gender Testosterone is responsible for the expression of characteristically male phenotypes such as smaller digit ratios Manning Scutt Wilson Lewis Jones 1998 but does it have influence upon cognition Baron Cohen 2002 proposed that autistic people have an EMB or extreme male brain meaning they are exposed to greater amounts of prenatal steroidogenic activity Testosterone than those without an ASD or autistic spectrum disorder Baron Cohen et al 2015 Baron Cohen et al 2010 suggested that on average females are more likely to empathise than males and males more likely to be systematized Those with autism score below average on the EQ or Empathy Quotient and above average on MR tasks such as the Intuitive Physics Test IPT Testosterone is thought to be the root cause of this as it inhibits left hemispheric growth therefore lateralizing male brains to the right the latter responsible for spatial and mental rotation or MR tasks and former for communication or empathy Beking et al 2018 On MR tasks males score significantly higher than females Zapf Glindemann Vogeley Falter 2015 suggesting that this lateralisation exists in those exposed to greater amounts of prenatal testosterone