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Atheism and the brain (view source)
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, 09:30, October 29, 2015→Atheist science writer Matthew Hutson on atheism and autism studies
On May 30, 2012, Matthew Hutson wrote at ''Psychology Today'' website that the findings of the study at Boston University entitled ''Religious Belief Systems of Persons with High Functioning Autism'' have been replicated by other studies.<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psyched/201205/does-autism-lead-atheism Does Autism Lead to Atheism?], ''Psychology Today'', May 30, 2012 by Matthew Hutson]</ref>
On May 30, 2012, Matthew Hutson wrote at ''Psychology Today'' website that the findings of the study at Boston University entitled ''Religious Belief Systems of Persons with High Functioning Autism'' have been replicated by other studies.<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psyched/201205/does-autism-lead-atheism Does Autism Lead to Atheism?], ''Psychology Today'', May 30, 2012 by Matthew Hutson]</ref>
study at Boston University entitled ''Religious Belief Systems of Persons with High Functioning Autism'' have been replicated by other studies.<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psyched/201205/does-autism-lead-atheism Does Autism Lead to Atheism?], ''Psychology Today'', May 30, 2012 by Matthew Hutson]</ref>
[[File:Simon Baron-Cohen.jpg|left|thumbnail|200px|The [[Autism-spectrum quotient|autism-spectrum quotient]] is a questionnaire published by [[Simon Baron-Cohen]] and his coworkers at the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge, UK. The questionnaire consists of fifty questions and aims to determine whether adults of average intelligence have symptoms of autism or one of the other autism spectrum conditions.<ref>Woodbury-Smith MR, Robinson J, Wheelwright S, Baron-Cohen S (2005). "[http://docs.autismresearchcentre.com/papers/2005_Woodbury-Smith_etal_ScreeningAdultsForAS.pdf Screening adults for Asperger Syndrome using the AQ: a preliminary study of its diagnostic validity in clinical practice]" (PDF). J Autism Dev Disord 35 (3): 331–5.</ref>]]
Hutson also wrote about atheism and autism:
Hutson also wrote about atheism and autism:
{{cquote|Ara Norenzayan and Will Gervais of the University of British Columbia and Kali Trzesniewski of UC Davis report on four studies. The first study replicates the finding of the BU research: 12 autistic and 13 neurotypical adolescents took part, and the neurotypical subjects were 10 times as likely to strongly endorse God.
{{cquote|Ara Norenzayan and Will Gervais of the University of British Columbia and Kali Trzesniewski of UC Davis report on four studies. The first study replicates the finding of the BU research: 12 autistic and 13 neurotypical adolescents took part, and the neurotypical subjects were 10 times as likely to strongly endorse God.