Skip to main content
Close Button
Donate
  • Replies 24 replies
  • Subscribers 108 subscribers
  • Views 2368 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Extreme male brain theory

Deleted user
11 months ago

I have thought since young that I have a male type brain, so, long before I even knew about autism, let alone that I am autistic.

Thinking about that today I did a random Googly and came up with this test:

https://yourbraintype.com/

I found curious that whether or not one is autistic is one of the preliminary questions, so I researched my result (Type S – hyper-systemizer – AQ score 10).

This is when I realised that the theory was created by Baron-Cohen:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathising%E2%80%93systemising_theory

Researching further I learnt that the theory is controversial.

Here is one link, but there are many on the Googlyweb:

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/extreme-male-brain-explained/

I am probably teaching some of you to ‘suck eggs’ (not literally) but in any case, I’d really like to learn more about this, as, per my intro, I’ve felt much more akin to male than female all my life, so any input would be much appreciated, however random.

Also, if anyone would like to share their 'score' that would be interesting.

Parents
  • 11 months ago

    My results:


    Your Empathy score (EQ): 0
     
    Most females score 6 to 16.
    Most males score 4 to 15.
    If you score 0 to 4 you are low on empathy, and if you score 16 to 20 you score high on empathy. 


    Your Systemizing score (SQ): 9
     

    Most females score 2 to 9.
    Most males score 3 to 11.
    If you score 0 to 3 you are low in your systemizing drive, and if you score 12 to 20, you are high on your systemizing drive.


    Your brain type classification: Type S


    33% of people are classified as Type E (their EQ score is greater than their SQ score). 
    33% are classified as Type S (their SQ is greater than their EQ). 
    30% are classified as Type B for balanced (their EQ and SQ are relatively equal).
    2% of people are classified as Extreme Type E (EQ is much greater than SQ).
    2% of people are classified as Extreme Type S (SQ is much greater than EQ).
    I guess that's a male brain then, even though I'm female. Given the creator I won't be relying on that too much but it is quite consistent with how I've always felt. At school my best subjects were the traditionally male oriented maths and sciences.
     
  • 11 months ago in reply to Autonomistic

    I see your post breathes once more. Yay, take that spam filter!

Reply Children
No Data