'Sheds light on one of humanity's most distinctive traits, celebrates human cognitive diversity, and is rich with empathy and psychological insight.' - Steven Pinker
Why can humans alone invent? In this book, psychologist and world renowned autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen puts forward a bold new theory: because we can identify patterns, specifically if-and-then patterns. And he argues that the genes for this unique ability overlap with the genes for autism.
From the first musical instrument to the agricultural, industrial and digital revolutions, Baron-Cohen shows how this unique ability has driven human progress for 70,000 years. By linking one of our greatest human strengths with a condition that is so often misunderstood, The Pattern Seekers challenges us to think differently about those who think differently.
| ISBN: | 9780241242186 |
| Publication date: | 10th November 2020 |
| Author: | Simon Baron-Cohen |
| Publisher: | Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 230 pages |
| Primary Genre | Health & Fitness |
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'Sheds light on one of humanity's most distinctive traits, celebrates human cognitive diversity, and is rich with empathy and psychological insight.' - Steven PinkerWhy can humans alone invent? In this book, psychologist and world renowned autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen puts forward a bold new theory: because we can identify patterns, specifically if-and-then patterns.
The Pattern Seekers features in the following genres: Health & Fitness, Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome, Inventions and inventors, History of engineering and technology, Social, group or collective psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Clinical psychology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Medical specialties, branches of medicine, Medicine and Nursing, Technology: general issues, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes, Psychology, Society and Social Sciences
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The Pattern Seekers was written by Simon Baron-Cohen and published by Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Pattern Seekers has 230 pages
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