Simon Baron-Cohen

Everyone recognises that genes are part of the story but autism isn't 100% genetic. Even if you have identical twins who share…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Autism typically means a person may not be fully aware of the consequences of their actions, or understand the consequences of their…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

We have found fathers and grandfathers of children with autism are more likely to be engineers.

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Parents who discipline their child by discussing the consequences of their actions produce children who have better moral development , compared to…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

People with autism flourish in domains where the information is consistent and predictable, and struggle most in domains where the information is…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

“According to Laura Betzig, in the first civilizations (ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Aztec, the Inca, imperial India, and China), “powerful men mate…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Among both individuals with high-functioning autism or Asperger and their parents, many are superfast at spotting details. You hardly have time to…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Autistic peoples' excellent attention to detail means they may make fewer mistakes, and their narrow focus may mean that they are not…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

If we think about the autism spectrum as involving a very strong drive to systemize, that can have very positive consequences for…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

What worries me is that the debate about gender differences still seems to polarize nature vs. nurture, with some in the social…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

There are people with Asperger's whom I've met who certainly would be very upset to learn they'd hurt another person's feelings. They…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

It is possible that by studying autism we'll learn about the nature of talent. Supposedly there's no connection between scientific talent and…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Autism doesn't seem to have a seasonal component, unlike some forms of depression.

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Like any skill, systemising occurs on a bell curve in the population, with some people being faster at spotting patterns than others.…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

“I remember sitting in the Beth Shalom synagogue in Cambridge on the night of Kol Nidre. Peter Lipton, a friend and an…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

I think it's particularly clear in borderline personality disorder (BPD) that there's a strong association between early environmental deprivation and neglect and…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Empathy cannot by definition oppress anyone.

— Simon Baron-Cohen

I'm hoping that autism is going to get to that same point, where it becomes quite ordinary to say, 'I have autism,'…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

We've done fMRI scans of people taking the 'Reading the Eyes' test, and what we've found is that the amygdala lights up…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Empathy is about two people - two people meeting, getting to know each other and tuning in to what the other person…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

I'm not satisfied with the term 'evil.' We've inherited this word... and we use it to express our abhorrence when people do…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Empathy occurs when we suspend our single-minded focus of attention and instead adopt a double-minded foucus of attention. When our attention lapses…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

I suspect that among parents or siblings of a person with autism there are higher rates of talents in systemizing.

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Inspiring children at an early age is key, and perhaps we need to put technology in a more social context.

— Simon Baron-Cohen

If you've got good systemising skills you can apply them to systems you aren't familiar with, and look for patterns.

— Simon Baron-Cohen