Bøger af Simon Baron-Cohen

'The Essential Difference' shows that, on average, male and female minds are of a slightly different character. Men tend to be better at analysing systems (better systemisers), while women tend to be better at reading the emotions of other people (better empathisers).

Hvorfor gør de andre, som de gør? Og hvordan hænger verden omkring mig sammen? Bogen lærer børn med autisme, hvordan man kan forudse andres handlinger, og hvordan andre bliver påvirket af det, man selv gør.For børn med autisme kan det være svært at gennemskue sammenhænge samt aflæse sociale koder og tankemønstre, som ligger bag andre menneskers handlinger og reaktioner. Denne arbejdsbog lærer med korte og forklarende tekster og mange farvebilleder børnene logiske eller forventelige sammenhænge og mønstre samt at afkode og kende forskel på ægte og falske overbevisninger.Øvelserne fokuserer på spørgsmål som:Kan Emilie finde konkylien, når Julie har gemt den i sin spand?Når Yori lægger et æble i brødkassen, uden at Ahmed ser det, hvad tror Ahmed så, der er i kassen: et brød eller et æble?Når Amalie ser, at Emil sparker fodbolden ind i en busk, vil hun så lede efter bolden på græsset eller i busken?Bogens faglige udgangspunkt er Theory of Mind, og forfatterne indleder bogen med en teoretisk gennemgang af feltet og øvelserne. Hertil kommer et opsummerende efterskrift.Bogen henvender sig til psykologer, lærere og pædagoger, der vil arbejde med de sociale og kommunikative kompetencer hos 4-12-årige børn med autismespektrumvanskeligheder.Julie A. Hadwin underviser i udviklingspsykologi på University of Southhampton. Patricia Howlin er professor i klinisk børnepsykologi ved Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience i London. Hun modtog i 2013 en Lifetime Achievement Award for sit bidrag til autismeforskningen. Simon Baron-Cohen er professor i udviklingspsykopatologi ved University of Cambridge. Han har modtaget flere priser for sit arbejde og er en af de mest anerkendte forskere inden for autismeforskningen.

A comprehensive guide to setting up LEGO Therapy groups to promote social skills in children with autism spectrum disorders and related conditions through group LEGO building. It fully explains the approach and gives advice on strategies for successfully seeing children through from 'LEGO Helper' to 'LEGO Genius'.

Is it possible that - rather than thinking in terms of 'good' and 'evil' - all of us instead lie somewhere on the empathy spectrum, and our position on that spectrum can be affected by both genes and our environments? Why do some people treat others as objects? This book examines an understanding in a study of what it means to be human.

We all appreciate that there are differences in the typical psychology of men and women. Yet underlying these subtle differences, Simon Baron-Cohen believes, there is one essential difference, and it affects everything we do: Men have a tendency to analyze and construct systems while women are inclined to empathize. With fresh evidence for these claims, Baron-Cohen explores how these sex differences arise more from biological than cultural causes and shows us how each brain type contributes in various ways to what we think of as "intelligence." Emphasizing that not all men have the typically "male" brain, which he calls Type "S," and not all women have the typically female brain (Type "E"), Baron-Cohen explores the cutting-edge research that illuminates our individual differences and explains why a truly "balanced" brain is so rare. Filled with surprising and illuminating case studies, many from Baron-Cohen's own clinical practice, The Essential Difference moves beyond the stereotypes to elucidate over twenty years of groundbreaking research. From gossip to aggression, Baron-Cohen dissects each brain type and even presents a new theory that autism (as well as its close relative, Asperger's syndrome) can be understood as an extreme form of the male brain. Smart and engaging, this is the thinking person's guide to gender difference, a book that promises to change the conversation about-and between-men and women.

"Also called Zero degrees of empathy by the UK publisher Penguin Random House"--Page ix.

*A New York Times Editors’ Choice Pick*  An “ambitious work” (Washington Post) tracing the links between autism and ingenuity   Is the ability to invent things unique to humans? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen argues that it is, and proposes that autistic people have played a key role in human progress for seventy to one hundred thousand years, from the first complex tools like the bow and arrow and the first musical instrument to the digital revolution.   He presents the science that the same genes that contribute to autism enable a special kind of pattern seeking that is essential to our species’ inventiveness. However, these abilities come at a cost for autistic people, including social and neurological challenges. Baron-Cohen calls on us to support and celebrate autistic people in both their disabilities and their talents. Ultimately, The Pattern Seekers isn’t just a new theory of human evolution, but a call to reconsider how society treats those who think differently.

A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity.Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of fire. Indeed, Baron-Cohen argues that autistic people have played a key role in human progress for seventy thousand years, from the first tools to the digital revolution.How? Because the same genes that cause autism enable the pattern seeking that is essential to our species's inventiveness. However, these abilities exact a great cost on autistic people, including social and often medical challenges, so Baron-Cohen calls on us to support and celebrate autistic people in both their disabilities and their triumphs. Ultimately, The Pattern Seekers isn't just a new theory of human civilization, but a call to consider anew how society treats those who think differently.