LEGO¿-Based Therapy
This complete guide to LEGO¿ Therapy contains everything you need to know in order to set up and run a LEGO¿ Club for children with autism spectrum disorders or related social communication difficulties and anxiety conditions. By providing a joint...
Asperger's Syndrome For Dummies, UK Edition
Asperger's Syndrome For Dummies covers everything that both people living with the condition and their families need to know. From explaining symptoms and getting a diagnosis, through to overcoming bullying in schools and choosing between the ther...
How LEGO¿-Based Therapy for Autism Works
"You know, Dr. Dan, that kid is from my planet." With in-depth descriptions of LEGO¿-based therapy in action, this book explains how and why it helps to promote the development of social skills for children with autism spectrum disorders...
Mindblindness
Mindblindness
Print Is Dead
For over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, radio, TV, computer games and fluctuating literacy rates, the book has, somewhat bizarrely, remained the more robust and culturally relevant way...
Print Is Dead
For over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, radio, TV, computer games and fluctuating literacy rates, the book has, somewhat bizarrely, remained the more robust and culturally relevant way...
Freud Wars
The Freud Wars offers a comprehensive introduction to the crucial question of the justification of psychoanalysis. Part I examines three powerful critiques of psychoanalysis in the context of a recent controversy about its nature and legitimacy: i...
Essential Difference
We all know the opposite sex can be a baffling, even infuriating, species. Why do most men use the phone to exchange information rather than have a chat? Why do women love talking about relationships and feelings with their girlfriends while men s...
Essential Difference
Simon Baron-Cohen's The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain is an unflinching look at the scientific evidence behind the innate sex differences of the mind. Men and women have always seemed to think in entirely different wa...
The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
An award-winning psychologist draws on years of research to unveil 'a simple but persuasive hypothesis for a new way to think about evil' (New York Times). How can we explain both cruelty and kindness? To award-winning psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen, the explanation for cruelty is low levels of empathy, and the explanation for kindness is high levels of empathy. In The Science of Evil, Baron-Cohen draws on decades of research to develop a new, brain-based theory of human cruelty and kindness. He explores the social and biological factors that can influence our empathy levels, explains the key distinction between cognitive and affective forms of empathy, and shows how low empathy can lead to dehumanizing behavior. Updated with a new introduction by the author, The Science of Evil will continue to challenge our understanding of human cruelty.
Mönstersökare
Sedan urminnes tider har vi människor försökt att förstå världen genom att se mönster och strukturer i tillvaron. Denna förmåga bör ha utvecklats någon gång för 70 000-100 000 år sedan och lär vara unik för vår art.Hos autistiska personer är denna förmåga att särskilja och systematisera extra känslig. Al var en pojke som tidigt visade en förmåga att systematisera och uppfinna nya saker. Som 12-åring läste han Newton och under tonåren skulle han sedan ta fram sina första vetenskapliga patent och bli en berömd uppfinnare. Jonah är en annan pojke som har sett mönster tydligare än andra barn. Men för honom har hans unika förmåga isolerat honom från världen och gjort livet till en svår kamp.Mönstersökare handlar om Al och Jonah och människans vilja att förstå och systematisera. Den handlar om hur förmågan att söka mönster har varit avgörande för vår utveckling. Och varför vi måste se autistiska personers läggning som en möjlighet istället för ett hinder.Simon Baron-Cohen är professor i Cambridge och anses vara en av världens främsta forskare inom autism, som han har studerat i trettiofem år. Mönstersökare har redan nått en stor publik och håller på att översättas till flera språk.
Zero Degrees of Empathy
In Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty and Kindness Simon Baron-Cohen takes fascinating and challenging new look at what exactly makes our behaviour uniquely human. How can we ever explain human cruelty? We have always struggled...
Pattern Seekers
'Celebrates human cognitive diversity, and is rich with empathy and psychological insight' Steven Pinker 'Bold, intriguing, profound' Jay Elwes, Spectator Why can humans alone invent? In this book, psychologist and world renowned autism expert Sim...
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
In this new book Simon Baron-Cohen summarizes the current understanding of autism and Asperger Syndrome. He explains the process of diagnosis, as well as the options for education and intervention for those with these conditions. Taking a lifespan...