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SUBMITTER: Warrier V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5656177 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Warrier V V Grasby K L KL Uzefovsky F F Toro R R Smith P P Chakrabarti B B Khadake J J Mawbey-Adamson E E Litterman N N Hottenga J-J JJ Lubke G G Boomsma D I DI Martin N G NG Hatemi P K PK Medland S E SE Hinds D A DA Bourgeron T T Baron-Cohen S S
Molecular psychiatry 20170606 6
We conducted a genome-wide meta-analysis of cognitive empathy using the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' Test (Eyes Test) in 88,056 research volunteers of European Ancestry (44,574 females and 43,482 males) from 23andMe Inc., and an additional 1497 research volunteers of European Ancestry (891 females and 606 males) from the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study. We confirmed a female advantage on the Eyes Test (Cohen's d=0.21, P<2.2 × 10<sup>-16</sup>), and identified a locus in 3p26.1 that is associa ...[more]