Simon Baron-Cohen: How Autism Drives Invention | WIRED Health 2021
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Cambridge University psychologist Sir Simon Baron-Cohen argues that human invention, from agriculture to music to science, comes from our ability to spot a very specific type of pattern in the world around us. In this session from WIRED Health 2021 Baron-Cohen explores the fascinating link between that very human ability for invention and autism.
“Many companies are cognising that innovation comes from diversity in the team. If everyone thinks in the same way, there is not much space for new ideas.”
Sir Simon Baron-Cohen is Professor in the fields of psychology and psychiatry Cambridge University, where he is also the Director of the Autism Research Centre there. Baron-Cohen’s popular science book entitled The Essential Difference (Penguin 2003) has been translated in over a dozen languages and has been widely reviewed, and his new book, The Pattern Seekers, offers a new theory of human invention.
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Simon Baron-Cohen: How Autism Drives Invention | WIRED Health 2021
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2,830 views
Cambridge University psychologist Sir Simon Baron-Cohen argues that human invention, from agriculture to music to science, comes from our ability to spot a very specific type of pattern in the world around us. In this session from WIRED Health 2021 Baron-Cohen explores the fascinating link between that very human ability for invention and autism.
“Many companies are cognising that innovation comes from diversity in the team. If everyone thinks in the same way, there is not much space for new ideas.”
Sir Simon Baron-Cohen is Professor in the fields of psychology and psychiatry Cambridge University, where he is also the Director of the Autism Research Centre there. Baron-Cohen’s popular science book entitled The Essential Difference (Penguin 2003) has been translated in over a dozen languages and has been widely reviewed, and his new book, The Pattern Seekers, offers a new theory of human invention.
About WIRED Health 2021
WIRED Health highlights the most exciting, thought-provoking disruptors, scientists and practitioners making a positive change in the way we provide and access healthcare. The editorially curated, community-driven event gathers medical practitioners, health technologists, pharmaceutical leaders and entrepreneurs for a day of eye-opening and inspirational stories.
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