The Pattern Seekers

'Celebrates human cognitive diversity and is rich with empathy and psychological insight' Steven Pinker . 'Bold intriguing profound' Jay Elwes Spectator . 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. Baron-Cohen argues that the genes for this unique ability overlap with the genes for autism and have driven human progress for 70000 years. . From the first musical instruments to the agricultural industrial and digital revolutions Pattern Seekers links one of our greatest human strengths with a condition that is so often misunderstood and challenges us to think differently about those who think differently.