Simon Baron-Cohen

Simon Baron-Cohen

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Simon Baron-Cohen is a prominent British clinical psychologist and professor known for his research on autism and cognitive neuroscience. He is the director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge and has contributed significantly to understanding the condition's biological and developmental aspects. Recently, he was in the news for leading a major autism study that was controversially halted due to opposition from activists within the neurodiversity movement.

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Baron-Cohen is one of the experts who worked on the documentary.

Hitler: Ce spun analizele ADN despre dictatorul nazist
Adevărul·RomaniaRomania· 2025-11-19
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Simon Baron-Cohen participated in the documentary and emphasized the complexity of behavior.

¿Tenía Hitler un ‘micropene’? Un documental analiza el ADN del dictador nazi | Internacional
El País·SpainSpain· 2025-11-15
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Simon Baron-Cohen stated that behavior is never influenced 100 percent by genetic factors.

Index - Tudomány - Genetikai rendellenesség tette tönkre Adolf Hitler szexuális életét a legújabb DNS-vizsgálat szerint
Index.hu·HungaryHungary· 2025-11-13
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Simon Baron-Cohen hypothesizes that individuals with Asperger's syndrome have guided human progress over the last seventy thousand years.

Susanna Tamaro: «Perché la scuola e i treni sono un problema per gli Asperger. Non cerchiamo il gene dell'autismo»
Corriere della Sera·ItalyItaly· 2025-04-01
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Simon Baron-Cohen led a significant autism study that was halted due to activist opposition.

ADHS und Autismus als «Superkraft»: Der Neurodiversitäts-Hype kann schaden
Neue Zürcher Zeitung·SwitzerlandSwitzerland· 2025-03-31
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