Simon Baron-Cohen

...mothers elect to keep their babies. There is, however, a critical difference between Down's and autism, highlighted by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, director of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge. He points out that autistic males often...

In this article: Autism, Down's syndrome, Asperger syndrome, Albert Einstein, Cystic fibrosis, Breast cancer, and Bolshevik

"Although there are many books about autism, in the 66 years since the condition was first described, none has tackled the ethics of autism head on in the way that Barnbaum does," Baron-Cohen wrote in a review for The Lancet last May.

In this article: Autism, IP Address, University of Cambridge, The Lancet, Cleveland, and England

...line of treatment. "It's a way of smuggling social skills teaching in the back door," says Simon Baron-Cohen, an autism researcher who developed the DVD and who directs the Autism Research Center at Cambridge University. Children with autism...

In this article: Autism, DVD, and Cambridge University

...autism is a very complex world and sometimes you have unexplained behaviour. Gary was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome by the eminent Professor Simon Baron Cohen. He says he was looking for evidence on UFOs. We urge President Obama to be...

In this article: Autism, Barack Obama, Asperger's Syndrome, and David Cameron

...defense team have argued is not reciprocal. McKinnon has also been diagnosed by the autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen with Asperger's syndrome, a disorder on the autism spectrum. If he is convicted in the U.S., McKinnon faces up to...

In this article: US, U.K., Barack Obama, Asperger's syndrome, NASA, Autism, Legal age, and Suicide

...telephone the producer and express his view that McKinnon might have AS. The professor in question was Simon Baron-Cohen, cousin of Sacha, also known as Bruno or Borat. Why is there such an outcry against his extradition? Firstly, there is...

In this article: Autism, Bruno, NASA, US, Suicide, Psychology, Psychosis, and BBC News

...and poor social skills. The diagnosis was confirmed by Simon Baron-Cohen, an expert in the field, who warned that if McKinnon were imprisoned in the US, there was "a risk that he would take his own life". Britain's most notorious...

In this article: United States, Britain, Pentagon, Bob Geldof, WarGames, Daily Mail, Autism, and Asperger's syndrome

Mind-blindness is the opposite of empathy. Simon Baron-Cohen was the first person to use the term 'mind-blindness' to help understand some of the problems encountered by people with autism or Asperger syndrome or other developmental disorders.

In this article: Autism and Asperger syndrome

...conditions, patients have difficulty with "set-shifting," or changing course mentally. "Both autism-spectrum conditions and anorexia share a narrow focus of attention, a resistance to change and excellent attention to detail," says Simon...

In this article: Anorexia, Autism, Maudsley Hospital, Asperger's syndrome, University of California, San Diego, and Psychotherapy