We've done fMRI scans of people taking the 'Reading the Eyes' test, and what we've found is that the amygdala lights up in trying to figure out people's thoughts and feelings. In people with autism, they show highly reduced amygdala… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
Empathy occurs when we suspend our single-minded focus of attention and instead adopt a double-minded foucus of attention. When our attention lapses into single focus, empathy has been turned off. When we shift our attention to dual focus empathy has… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
People with psychopathy are very good at reading the minds of their victims. That's probably most clearly seen in deception. — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
In the person with autism, the brain may already be seeing the part and be less distracted by the whole, and in the person… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
Difficulty empathising translates into a whole set of hurdles. You might be last person to get the point of a joke, which can leave… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
The female brain is predominantly hard-wired for empathy. The male brain is predominantly hard-wired for understanding and building systems. — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
The idea of a cure for autism is itself controversial. Some people with autism say they don't want to be cured, because autism gives… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
Autistic people's disabilities are widely known, but one of their best-established strengths is their attention to detail. — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
If you have a child with autism, and he or she has good intelligence, with no delay in language learning maybe there is an… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
Autism spectrum disorders are linked to other problems: Most of the people we see in our Asperger clinic for adults also suffer from clinical… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
What we want is that one day every workplace will be diverse - we already encourage that with gender and ethnicity, but the next… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
When I first started in this field there were all kinds of stereotypes about autism, as if these were children from another planet, or… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
A diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome can be useful to help a person understand why they have had difficulties. — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
