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Empathy in autism spectrum conditions: Where neuroscience meets education

Collaborators. Sally Wheelwright Jacqueline HillChris Ashwin Yael GranaderOfer GolanJohnny Lawson Jon DroriClaire HarcupKimberly Peabody Max WhitbyEmma AshwinGina Owens John CromieNik Lever. The Autistic Spectrum . Social and communication difficultiesnarrow interests/obsessions/routinesClassic autism vs. Asperger Syndromelearning difficulties language delayGenetic and neurological.

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Empathy in autism spectrum conditions: Where neuroscience meets education

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    1. Empathy in autism spectrum conditions: Where neuroscience meets education Simon Baron-Cohen Cambridge University Autism Research Centre

    2. Collaborators Sally Wheelwright Jacqueline Hill Chris Ashwin Yael Granader Ofer Golan Johnny Lawson Jon Drori Claire Harcup Kimberly Peabody Max Whitby Emma Ashwin Gina Owens John Cromie Nik Lever

    3. The Autistic Spectrum Social and communication difficulties narrow interests/obsessions/routines Classic autism vs. Asperger Syndrome learning difficulties language delay Genetic and neurological

    4. The psychology of autism and Asperger Syndrome below average empathy alongside above average systemizing

    5. Empathy The drive to identify another persons thoughts and feelings responding to these with an appropriate emotion

    8. Phineas Gage (1848) Ventromedial prefrontal Cortex Hana Damasio

    9. Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex

    12. Mindreading DVD www.jkp.com

    13. 412 emotions taxonomized into 24 emotion groups Afraid Happy Sorry Angry Hurt Sure Bored Interested Surprised Bothered Kind Thinking Disbelieving Liked Touched Disgusted Romantic Unfriendly Excited Sad Unsure Fond Sneaky Wanting

    14. Developmental levels Level 1: Ages 4-7 Level 2: Ages 8-11 Level 3: Ages 12-14 Level 4: Ages 15-16 Level 5: Ages 17-18 Level 6: Advanced

    15. Does practice lead to improvement?

    19. Conclusions Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) can be characterized in terms of the discrepancy between empathy (E) and systemizing (S). Education for children with ASC should harness the strong systemizing to assist with teaching areas of difficulty.

    20. Thanks to The Shirley Foundation The DCMS Culture Online Changing Media Development Jessica Kingsley Ltd www.autismresearchcentre.com

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