Meng-Chuan Lai

Assistant professor
University of Toronto

Meng-Chuan Lai is associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto in Canada.

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By Meng-Chuan Lai

25 September 2018

6 min read

Quashing sex bias in autism research calls for participant rainbow

Autism researchers must attend to the need for sex and gender diversity in study design as a rule rather than as an exception.

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Quashing sex bias in autism research calls for participant rainbow

By Meng-Chuan Lai

25 September 2018 | 6 min read

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By Meng-Chuan Lai

19 October 2015

7 min read

Brains of girls, boys may mark distinct paths to autism

Differences between the brains of men and women with autism may help explain why men are more susceptible to the condition and women appear to be protected from it.

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Brains of girls, boys may mark distinct paths to autism

By Meng-Chuan Lai

19 October 2015 | 7 min read

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By Meng-Chuan Lai

27 September 2013

6 min read

Mind the gender gap

Autism may be male-biased in prevalence, but our understanding of it should not be, argues Meng-Chuan Lai.

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Mind the gender gap

By Meng-Chuan Lai

27 September 2013 | 6 min read

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