| dc.description.abstract | According to the Empathizing-Systemizing Theory, higher levels of
prenatal testosterone improve the ability to analyze complex systems while in the
other hand inhibiting empathy (socio-cognition). Effect of prenatal testosterone
exposure also expressed in finger (2D:4D) digit ratio, resulting in male have
smaller digit ratio than female. This research was aimed to investigate differences
between sexes in socio-cognitive ability, digit ratio and their relationship among
IPB University Students. Consistent with previous studies, male achieved lower
score than female in cognitive empathy task (Reading the Mind in the Eyes test),
with average correct answer 19.83 and 21.33 respectively. However no significant
difference between sexes on self-report on empathy (Fisher Temperamental
Inventory) is found. In case of digit ratio, the average digit ratio of male
participant is 0.963 while female is 0.981. Even though the result shows
decrement of socio-cognitive ability parallels to decrement of digit ratio, no
statistical correlation is found between these parameters. | id |
