"Empathy is a skill like any other human skill - and if you get a chance to practice, you can get better at it. -Simon Baron"
Cohen"Baby girls, as young as 12 months old, respond more empathically to the distress of other people, showing greater concern through more sad looks, sympathetic vocalisations and comforting. This echoes what you find in adulthood: more women report frequently sharing the emotional distress of their friends. -Simon Baron"
Cohen"Empathy is a necessary step for truth and reconciliation. -Simon Baron"
Cohen"Genes are thought to contribute a certain amount to the cause of autism but it's not 100 per cent. It might be about 60 per cent genetic. So there are going to be environmental factors that mediate the impact of autism. -Simon Baron"
Cohen"I think it's particularly clear in borderline personality disorder (BPD) that there's a strong association between early environmental deprivation and neglect and abuse and later outcome of BPD. -Simon Baron"
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