Simon Baron-Cohen, Director of the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge
Simon is the Principal Investigator of Spectrum 10K and the Director of the Autism Research Centre. He is a Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry University of Cambridge and Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. As Principal Investigator, Simon is responsible for all aspects of the Spectrum 10K project.
His research interests and focus includes the 'mindblindness' theory of autism, the 'fetal sex steroid' theory of autism, autism prevalence and screening, autism genetics, autism neuroimaging, autism and technical ability, typical cognitive sex diffences, and synaesthesia.