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• Complements the best-selling Teaching Children with Autism to Mind-Read: A Practical Guide for use in practical settings
• Answers the need for more training of professionals in early interventions for children assessed with ASD called for by the National Plan for Autism
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This pioneering study looks at the effects of prenatal testosterone on postnatal development and behavior. Hormonal effects on behavior have long been studied in animals; the unique contribution of this book is to suggest a connection between human fetal hormones and later behavior. It details for the first time testosterone's effect on social and language development, opening a new avenue of research for cognitive neuroscience.

The authors look at samples of amniotic fluid taken during amniocentesis at 16 weeks' gestation, and relate the fetal level of testosterone (which is present...