Empathy occurs when we suspend our single-minded focus of attention and instead adopt a double-minded foucus of attention. When our attention lapses …

- Simon Baron-Cohen

If we treat another person as essentially bad, we dehumanize him or her. If we take the view that every human being has some good in them, even if it…

- Simon Baron-Cohen

Empathy cannot by definition oppress anyone.

- Simon Baron-Cohen

Parents who discipline their child by discussing the consequences of their actions produce children who have better moral development , compared to c…

- Simon Baron-Cohen

What worries me is that the debate about gender differences still seems to polarize nature vs. nurture, with some in the social sciences and humaniti…

- Simon Baron-Cohen

Empathy is like a universal solvent. Any problem immersed in empathy becomes soluble.

- Simon Baron-Cohen

Empathy is like a universal solvent. Any problem immersed in empathy becomes soluble. It is effective as a way of anticipating and resolving interper…

- Simon Baron-Cohen

The female brain is predominantly hard-wired for empathy. The male brain is predominantly hard-wired for understanding and building systems.

- Simon Baron-Cohen