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This text argues that specific neurocognitive mechanisms have evolved that result in "mindreading", an ability to interpret, for the most part unconsciously, non-verbal actions. It suggests that autistic children suffer from "mindblindness" due to selective developmental impairment in mindreading.

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Why are female brains better at empathasing How are male brains designed to analyse systems And what really makes men and women different The author explores list-making, lying and two decades of research in a ground-breaking examination of how our brains can be male or female.

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Is it possible that - rather than thinking in terms of 'good' and 'evil' - all of us instead lie somewhere on the empathy spectrum, and our position on that spectrum can be affected by both genes and our environments Why do some people treat others as objects This book examines an understanding in a study of what it means to be human.