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Twentieth Annual Darwin College Lecture Series 2005

CONFLICT

Lecture 1   :   21 January

SEX DIFFERENCES IN MIND

Simon Baron-Cohen

Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University

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Biography

Simon Baron-Cohen is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Cambridge in the Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry. He is also a Fellow in Experimental Psychology at Trinity College, Cambridge. In addition, he is Director of the Autism Research Centre (ARC) in Cambridge. He holds degrees in Human Sciences from New College, Oxford, a PhD in Psychology from UCL, and an M.Phil in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, and has held teaching and research positions at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, before moving to Cambridge. He has conducted extensive research into autism spectrum conditions at the psychological, diagnostic, and neuro-scientific levels. Among other books he is author of Mindblindness (MIT Press, 1995), The Essential Difference (Penguin UK/Basic Books, 2003), and Prenatal Testosterone in Mind (MIT Press 2004). He has edited several academic volumes, including Understanding Other Minds (OUP, 1995 and 2001). He also authored a DVD-ROM entitled Mindreading: The interactive guide to emotions (Jessica Kingsley Ltd, www.jkp.com). He has published extensively in scientific journals in the fields of autism and cognitive neuroscience. For more information, see www.autismresearchcentre.com

The lectures are given at 5.30 p.m. in The Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, with an adjacent overflow theatre with live TV coverage. Each lecture is typically attended by 600 people so you must arrive early to ensure a place.