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Simon Baron-Cohen

Who

Simon Baron-Cohen · Arts & Literature

What

Clinical psychologist and pioneering autism researcher who directs the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge.

When

1958, London, England, United Kingdom

Where

United Kingdom

Biography

Simon Baron-Cohen is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Clinical psychologist and pioneering autism researcher who directs the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge.

How & why

Baron-Cohen is a British clinical psychologist and one of the world's leading autism researchers; he directs the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge and developed influential theories including the 'mindblindness' and 'empathising-systemising' accounts of autism. He was knighted in 2021 for services to people with autism. He was raised in a Jewish family in London and is a cousin of the actor Sacha Baron Cohen.

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Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)

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Clinical psychologist and pioneering autism researcher who directs the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge.

Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)