Am I allowed to put a link here? My cousin sent me this test, called the Systemizing Quotient, and there are 3 other tests as well:

http://glennrowe.net/BaronCohen/MaleFemale.asp

It's part of a research study as it relates to the male/female brain and Autism/Aspergers. Anyways I'm posting because I got a really high score on the Systemizing Quotient, like according to the results they have so far, only 36 women out of over 7000 have scored as high as me. So I'm curious what other people's scores on here would be, for comparison. Mine was:

Your Gender: Female Your score: 74
0 - 19 = low
20 - 39 = average (most women score about 24 and most men score about 30)
40 - 50 = above average (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score in this range)
51 - 80 is very high (three times as many people with Asperger Syndrome score in this range, compared to typical men, and almost no women score in this range)
80 is maximum

In case anyone's wondering, on the other tests, I got:

Empathy : 20
Autism Spectrum : 37
Mind's Eye : 35

my systemising quotient was 56

empathy 36
autism spectrum 39
minds eye 20

Umms

maybe ptsd has similar patterns to aurism/ aspergers syndrome?

I dont know what it means but I scored.
Systemising 32
Empathy 28
Autism 32
Minds eye 25

What the hell i will have a go
System 33
Empathy 29
Autism 27
Minds eye 23

Mine are:

Systemizing 40
Empathy 44
Autism 18
Mind in the eyes 19

I am curious as to what all this means for me!!!!!:crazy-eye

Mine was:

Systemizing: 59
Empathy: 48
Aspergers: 30
Mind's Eye: 20

I'd actually noted the similarities between these two disorders and had discussed, early last year, with a fellow classmate, the possilbity of this being my issue. We ruled it out because of some of the common traits.. but there is definately a link here.

bec

Ohh I wanted to add that these test results (other than systemizing) flucuate with your state of mind. I've taken many of these tests for school for the past few years and right now my empathy score is very very low. It has to do with my state of mind. I currently do not like people, care less about their opinions and can't communicate well. So it drops the score. If I were in a healthier place my score would be in the highest possible range. The mind's eye test is a joke. I hate those stupid things. There are a horrid predictor for attempting to determine if you can read people's emotions. I can nail people's emotions on the head, if they are in front of me, but pictures, they don't give enough informaton. Mind you I am very sensitive to other's around me as my survival used to depend on knowing another's mood! So, just keep this in mind while doing these tests, that they are not nessecarily accurate and that they do change with your age and mind set.

well, i think i am not autistic, anyway. i'm just trying to figure out which is good--high or low, lol. systemizing 11
empathy 38
asperger's 13
mind's eye 31

Thanks everyone. Hmm nobody in the 70-80 range for systemizing yet... guess I'm a weirdo. Although bec and cass you guys seem to have fairly high scores too.

Thanks bec, that's all really interesting information, about it changing with mood and age, etc. I appreciate that it's not necessarily accurate. I was just curious because I got such a high score. You said your empathy quotient was very low at 48 lol... mine is only 20!! I agree those pictures were kind of annoying. I think I did a similar test to that one for a psychiatrist once.

Cookie I don't know what a low score means... that you have a very female brain or don't systemetize things much? I don't think it's bad in any event.