Simon Baron-Cohen

@sbaroncohen

cognitive neuroscientist; author 'Zero Degrees of Empathy' (Penguin), 'The Essential Difference' (Penguin), and 'Mindblindness' (MIT Press)

Cambridge
autismresearchcentre.com
Joined May 2011
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  1. Nov 19

    A well written piece by John Harris in the Guardian today, about the late diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome in adults

    162 retweets 184 likes
  2. Nov 17

    Advances and limits in wireless brain implants: people with "locked in" syndrome communicating through thought alone

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  3. Nov 17

    Are young people today less empathic than young people in the past? If so, what's causing the empathy decline?

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  4. Nov 14

    This is truly awful. Universities are the barometer of democracy in any country, defending freedom of ideas, and their expression.

    These are academics Turkish police rounded up from several universities today. More than 1,000 faculty are already imprisoned.
    108 retweets 53 likes
  5. Nov 14

    Thank you Steve for such an honest and moving account of your personal experience of 1939, and its lasting impact on your remarkable life

    Dame Stephanie Shirley describes her journey to England in 1939 via
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  6. Nov 14

    Excited that a 2nd conference on "Empathy Neuroscience: translational relevance for conflict resolution" is being planned

    We've started a campaign to support projects that advance empathy in our society. Help us reach our goal!
    20 retweets 30 likes
  7. Nov 13

    Autism and larger brains: Is this due to growth factors, reduced apoptosis (neuronal pruning), or something else?

    38 retweets 57 likes
  8. Nov 13

    We are advertising 2 NIHR (4 year) Clinical Lectureships in Psychiatry. One could be in autism research/child psych

    20 retweets 26 likes
  9. Nov 11

    Leonard Cohen returned to the Shaar Hashomayim, the synagogue of his and my family, to make his last incredible song

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  10. Nov 7

    Life is a snake pit, and survival depends on staying focused and not quitting; in short, the elusive concept of "resilience"

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    Like I said, the best scene in the history of nature documentaries. Astonishing.
    62 retweets 76 likes
  11. Nov 7

    This looks like the most interesting collection of scientific research papers on sex/gender effects in the mind and brain. And it's free!

    Glad to be a part of it - A giant, fantastic online free volume on sex & gender influences on basic & clinical neuroscience!
    41 retweets 56 likes
  12. Nov 5

    Outstanding documentary on global warming by Leonardo diCaprio. Watch 'Before the Flood' to learn what we can do

    24 retweets 37 likes
  13. Nov 3

    Giving a voice to adults with autism who have experienced mental health challenges and suicidal thoughts

    91 retweets 106 likes
  14. Oct 25

    Diving can be systemized; and diving can be done with others, but without the pressure of constant social interaction

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    How diving brought a teenager with autism closer to his family
    55 retweets 80 likes
  15. Oct 23

    Could drugs as cheap as aspirin be re-purposed for cancer treatment? A courageous UCL scientist is on the case

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  16. Oct 23

    How immunotherapy for cancer works, and why some scientists are hopeful it may be the long awaited for breakthrough

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  17. Oct 22

    1 in 11 adults take anti-depressants, costing the NHS £780,000 per day. 1 in 4 experience side-effects, some extreme

    44 retweets 41 likes
  18. Oct 22

    Is this "clever" or just the result of hundreds of hours of training with food rewards? Is there any evidence corvids do this spontaneously?

    A clever corvid gets to work stacking some rings!
    79 retweets 204 likes
  19. Oct 18

    The US charity has a make-over and their new mission statement no longer mentions looking for a 'cure'

    51 retweets 61 likes
  20. Oct 18

    Keep your eyes open for , a young Palestinian woman with vision: she's inspirational

    7 retweets 19 likes

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