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Simon Baron-cohenProfessor Simon Baron-Cohen is the co-director of the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge, in the United Kingdom. He developed the theory of autism being an extreme male brain. He is a well-known and respected expert in his field. He also discovered the existence of high testosterone levels as a factor in the gestation of autistic children. Baron-Cohen is a psychologist interested in the developmental psychology of theory of mind. He is strongly influenced by the cognitive neuroscience aproach to psychology, but also writes books aimed at providing information about complex neurological problems with profound psychologocal consequenses, such as autism and Tourette's Syndrome to carers, health professionals and others. In Baron-Cohen's book The Essential Difference he argues there are innate differences between male and female neurologies. Female brains are predominantly wired for empathy, he claims, and male brains are predominantly wired for "understanding and building systems". Autism is described as an extreme version of the male brain, which helps explain why it is more common among males. Simon is first-cousin to Cambridge-educated comedian Sacha Baron-Cohen. External links
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