Magazine, Newspaper, and Multi-Media Publications

2022

• Baron-Cohen, S, (2022) Autisic people’s human rights are not being met.  Wired, https://www.wired.co.uk/article/autistim-human-rights-neurodiversity

2021

• Baron-Cohen, S, (2021) Elon Musk and the autism gene driving us all on.  The Times, https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elon-musk-and-the-autism-gene-driving-us-all-on-gm3rm7c0k

2020

• Baron-Cohen, S, (2020) Greta and Beata: how autism and climate activism affected the Thunberg family. The Times, https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/greta-and-beata-how-autism-and-climate-activism-affected-the-thunberg-family-vrfmhtrqk
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2020) Our restless minds.  New Scientist, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407920321345?via%3Dihub
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2020) Why you should hire an autistic person right now.  Wired, https://www.wired.co.uk/article/autism-work-talent
• Weir, E, Allison, C, Baron-Cohen, S, (2020) Autism in children: improving screening, diagnosis and support.  Prescriber, https://www.prescriber.co.uk/article/autism-in-children-improving-screening-diagnosis-and-support/
• Weir, E, Allison, C, Baron-Cohen, S, (2020) Identifying and managing autism in adults.  Prescriber, https://www.prescriber.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2020/02/Autism-in-adults-EB-edit-AC-made.pdf

2019

• Baron-Cohen, S, Tsompanidis, A, Bethlehem, R, Procyshyn, T, (2019) Does extra testosterone reduce your empathy?  The Conversation,  https://theconversation.com/does-extra-testosterone-reduce-your-empathy-122872.
• Baron-Cohen, S, Tsompanidis, (2019) In defense of sex steroids’ role in autism.  Spectrum News, https://www.spectrumnews.org/opinion/viewpoint/in-defense-of-sex-steroids-role-in-autism/#:~:text=Steroid%20levels%3A&text=Both%20studies%20found%20increased%20odds,sex%20steroid%20theory%20of%20autism.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2019) Only empathy can break the cycle of violence in Israel-Palestine.  The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/22/empathy-cycle-violence-israel-palestine.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2019) The concept of neurodiversity is dividing the Autism community.  Scientific American, https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-concept-of-neurodiversity-is-dividing-the-autism-community/.
• Greenberg, D, M, Warrier, V, Allison, C, Baron-Cohen, S, (2019) Reply to Perrykkad and Hohwy: When big data are the answer.  PNAS, 116, 13740-13741.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2019) Simon Baron-Cohen: ‘Neurodiversity is the next frontier. But we’re failing autistic people’.  The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/oct/02/simon-baron-cohen-autism-neurodiversity-brains-money.

2018

• Allison, C, Baron-Cohen, S, (2018) Improving the recognition of autism in children and adults.  The Practitioner, (DOI: 2018;262(1815):11-16).  
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2018) Is it time to give up on a single diagnostic label for autism.  Scientific American. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/is-it-time-to-give-up-on-a-single-diagnostic-label-for-autism/.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2018) Genetic studies intend to help people with autism, not wipe them out. New Scientist, (10th September).
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2018) Extreme male brain theory of autism confirmed in large new study – and no, it doesn’t mean autistic people lack empathy or are more ‘male’.  The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/extreme-male-brain-theory-of-autism-confirmed-in-large-new-study-and-no-it-doesnt-mean-autistic-people-lack-empathy-or-are-more-male-106800.

2017

• Baron-Cohen, S, Hampton, S, (2017) Studying pregnant women with autism may offer clues to the condition. Spectrum, 2017

2016

• Baron-Cohen, S, (2016) Growing a brain in a dish. www.edge.org
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2016) Exchange with Simon Baron-Cohen. Center for Empathy in International Affairs. http://www.centerforempathy.org/exchange-with-simon-baron-cohen/

2015

• Baron-Cohen, S, (2015) Simon Baron-Cohen: meaning, testosterone and gonad. Excellence Reporter. April 2015.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2015) Linking autism, sex, gender and prenatal hormones.  Spectrum, https://www.spectrumnews.org/opinion/linking-autism-sex-gender-and-prenatal-hormones/.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2015) Empathy in the Israel-Palestine conflict: a new approach to peace. The Jewish Chronicle, 12^th November http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/comment/149219/empathy-israel-palestine-conflict-a-new-approach-peace.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2015) What if we’re unable to forgive?  The Jewish Chronicle, https://www.thejc.com/what-if-we-re-unable-to-forgive-1.58992?highlight=simon+baron-cohen.

2014

• Baron-Cohen, S, (2014) Radical behaviorism. www.edge.org.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2014) What is your definition of autism? www.peerj.com
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2014) I have Asperger’s, and my mum says my brain works differently. How so?  Scientific American. www.scientificamerican.com
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2014) Response to Paul Bloom’s Against Empathy. Boston Review. September/October, 2014.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2014) One on one…with Simon Baron-Cohen. The Psychologist, 27, 800.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2014) Simon Baron-Cohen: My special sister Suzie.  The Jewish Chronicle, https://www.thejc.com/simon-baron-cohen-my-special-sister-suzie-1.54020?highlight=simon+baron-cohen.

2013

• Baron-Cohen, S, (2013) C.P. Snow’s ‘Two Cultures’: the nature-nurture debate, www.edge.org
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2013) ‘What’s eating Gilbert Grape?’ Review following the screening by SciScreen at the British Association of Science.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2013)Despitefears, DSM-5 is a step forward.SFARISimons Foundation, http://sfari.org/news-and-opinion/specials/2013/dsm-5-special-report/despite-fears-dsm-5-is-a-step-forward/

2012

• Baron-Cohen, S, (2012) Are Geeky Couples More Likely to Have Kids with Autism?  Scientific American, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-geeky-couples-more-likely-to-have-kids-with-autism/.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2012) The clue to Breivik’s cruelty lies in his brain. The Times. 18 April.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2012) When killers target kids. Zócalo Public Square. 30 April.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2012) Why men need to think about empathy. Men’s Health.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2012) Understanding cruelty. The Big Issue in the North. 2 July.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2012) What the McLean brain bank malfunction means for autism research.  The Guardian (June 13).
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2012) What does it mean to have synesthesia? Society for Neuroscience (http://BrainFacts.org)
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2012) From ‘theory of mind’ in 1985 to ‘empathizing-systemizing’ in 2012. West German Autism Society.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2012) Christopher and Asperger Syndrome. National Theatre programme “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” July.

2011

• Baron-Cohen, S, (2011) Inside the mind of a man. New Statesman, 3^th January.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2011) Lessons in empathy. Financial Times, 15^th April.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2011) The empathy bell curve. Phi Kappa Phi Forum, Spring.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2011) Det absolute nullpunkt. Morganbladet, 29 July.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2011) The science of empathy sheds light on morality (‘Britain in 2021’). Prospect Magazine, October 2011.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2011) We need to talk about Kevin’s lack of empathy. The Guardian, 25^th October.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2011) The science of evil. The Montreal Review, October.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2011) Anders Breivik: cold and calculating, yes – but insane? The Guardian.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2011) Education and empathy. Educating Britain.
• Baron-Cohen, S, Golan, O, Ashwin, E, (2011) The Transporters: teaching children with autism to recognize emotions. The Help Group Help Letter, Fall.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2011) Inter-generational patterns of abuse. The British Psychological Society (Research Digest), 3 November.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2011) A reply to Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg’s (July 7^th 2009) Critique of the Empathizing-Systemizing (E-S) Theory of Autism. http://autismblogsdirectory. blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/simon-baron-cohen-replies-to-rachel.html

2010

• Baron-Cohen, S, (2010) “Empathic Civilisation”: do we have empathy or are we just good rule followers? Huffington Post, March 3 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-baroncohen/empathic-civilization-do_b_483106.html
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2010) Exploring autism, empathy and neurodiversity: 5 questions for psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen. Encyclopaedia Britannica Blog, December 16 http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2010/12/exploring-autism-empathy-and-neurodiversity-5-questions-for-psychologist-simon-baron-cohen/
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2010) It’s not sexist to accept that biology affects behaviour.  The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/may/03/biology-sexist-gender-stereotypes.
• Chakrabarti, B, & Baron-Cohen, S, (2010) The genetics of autism spectrum conditions. BSHG News Issue 43, June.

2009

• Allison, C, Baron-Cohen, S, (2009) Screening for autism in toddlers: a revised measure. Autism News of Orange County.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2009) Autism is not cancer. Community Care Magazine, 13^th January.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2009) Baron-Cohen defends Pentagon hacker.  The Cambridge Student, 21^st January.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2009) Autism test ‘could hit maths skills’. BBC Website, 7^th January. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7736196.stm
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2009) Our research was not about prenatal screening for autism. Response to The Guardian article dated 12 January ‘New research brings autism screening to reality’.  The Guardian, 20^th January.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2009) Studying autism genetics responsibly. BioNews 5^th October http:/www.bionews.rog.uk/page_49423.asp
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2009) The distorting lens. New Scientist, 28^th March.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2009) The short life of a diagnosis. Op-Ed The New York Times. 10^th November.
• Baron-Cohen, S, & Machlis, A, (2009) The one sure way to achieve peace. The Jewish Chronicle, June 4^th.
• Brugha, T, McManus, S, Meltzer, H, Purdon, S, Scott, F, Baron-Cohen, S, Wheelwright, S, Smith, J, & Bankart, J, (2009) Developing and testing of methods for identifying cases of autism spectrum disorder among adults in the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2007. The NHS Information Centre.

2008

• Baron-Cohen, S, (2008) Theories of the autistic mind.  The Psychologist, 21, 112-116.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2008) Sex differences in mind. Varsity, 663, 26 October.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2008) Making a point. Times Educational Supplement, March 28^th, 24-25.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2008) Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome: differences and similarities. American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Magazine, March/April,24-25.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2008) Autism in 100 words. British Journal of Psychiatry, 193, 321.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2008) Need to know – autistic spectrum conditions. PULSE, October.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2008) Autism spectrum conditions. Science in Parliament, 65, 23-25.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2008) State-of-science review: SR-D10 autism spectrum conditions. Foresight Project on Mental Capital and Mental Wellbeing: Making the most of ourselves in the 21^st Century.

2007

• Baron-Cohen, S, Golan, O, Harcup, C, & Lever, N, (2007) The Transporters. Changing Media Development (www.thetransporters.com). BAFTA nominated.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2007) The lost generation. Communication 41, 12-13.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2007) Transported to a world of emotion.  The Psychologist, 20, 76-77.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2007) I cannot tell a lie. In Character, 3, 52-59.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2007) In two minds.  Cosmos, 15, 96.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2007) The male and female mind.  Torah at the Center, 2, 10.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2007) Freedom of expression.  The Times, 15^th December.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2007) Interview. Learning Disability Practice, 10, 11.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2007) The rise of autism and the digital age. www.edge.org

2006

• Baron-Cohen, S, Scott, F & Humphrey, A, (2006) Asperger Syndrome: a different mind. BBC Documentary. Jessica Kingsley Limited (www.jkp.com).
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2006) Empathy: Freudian origins and 21^st century neuroscience. The Psychologist, 19, 536-537.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2006) Letters: Finding sex differences. The Psychologist, 19, 14-15.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2006) A political system based on empathy. www.edge.org
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2006) Need to know: Autism. PULSE, Issue: 16^th February, 40-41.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2006) John Bowlby. Psychologies, November, 45.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2006) When two minds think alike. Seed Magazine, February 2^nd..

2005

• Baron-Cohen, S, (2005) The essential difference: the male and female brain. Phi Kappa Phi Forum, 85, 23-26.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2005) The male condition.  New York Times, August 8, Op Ed.

2004

• Baron-Cohen, S, Golan, O, Wheelwright, S & Hill, J, (2004). Mindreading: the interactive guide to emotions. Jessica Kingsley Limited (www.jkp.com). BAFTA nominated.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2004) The male and female brain.  Cambridge Medicine, 18, 20-21.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2004) Don’s diary. Cambridge Alumni Magazine, Lent Edition, 8.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2004) Do sex differences in empathy account for sex differences in language acquisition? Interdisciplines: Issues in Co-evolution of Language, www.interdisciplines.org

2003

• Baron-Cohen S, (2003) Extreme males, Prospect Magazine, 86, 10-11.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2003) The male and female brain, The Guardian Life Supplement, April 17^th, 4.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2003) Lose yourself in the moment. The Psychologist, 16, 371.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (2003) Making sense of sex differences. Human Givens, 10, 12-18.

2002

• Baron-Cohen, S, (2002) Is Asperger Syndrome necessarily viewed as a disability? Focus on Autism 17, 186-191.
• Baron-Cohen, S, Hill, J, J, Golan, O & Wheelwright, S, (2002), Mindreading made easy, Cambridge Medicine, 17, 28-29.

1998

• Baron-Cohen, S, (1998) Autism and ‘theory of mind’: an introduction and review. Communication, Summer, 9-12.

1997

• Baron-Cohen, S, (1997) The child with autism: first lessons in mind-reading. Psychology Review, 3, 30-33.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (1997) Mindblind. Natural History Magazine, 9, 62-65.

1996

• Baron-Cohen, S, (1996) The child with autism: first lessons in mind reading.  Cambridge Medicine, 12, 18-20.
• Baron-Cohen, S, (1996) Reading minds: how the study of autism can reveal evolved mechanisms in the mind. Demos Quarterly. Special edition on Evolution and Human Behaviour (H. Cronin, ed), 10, 28-29.

1995

• Harrison, J, & Baron-Cohen, S, (1995) Synaesthesia: reconciling the subjective with the objective. Endeavour, 19, 157-160.

1992

• Baron-Cohen, S, (1992) The theory of mind hypothesis: history and prospects of the idea. The Psychologist, 5, 9-12.