Why can humans alone invent? In this talk author of The Pattern Seekers, Simon Baron-Cohen puts forward a bold new theory: because we can identify patterns, specifically if-and-then patterns. The world-renowned psychologist argues that the genes for this unique ability overlap with the genes for autism.
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Simon Baron-Cohen's lifelong work on autism has revolutionised the world of experimental psychology. As part of his empathizing-systemizing theory, Simon famously claimed that autism is an extreme of the male brain. His new book The Pattern Seekers: How autism drives human invention presents dramatic evidence that autistic people and hyper-systemizers – those who can effortlessly analyse the patterns in systems to invent – share some of the same genes.
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