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It seems that a lack of empathy can be caused by a cognitive deficiency and people on the Autism spectrum can fail to have a 'theory of mind' that lets them realise 'attribute mental states to others, to infer what someone else is thinking or feeling.' http://www.autismresearchcentre.com/research/project.asp?id=1
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It seems that a lack of empathy can be caused by a cognitive deficiency and people on the Autism spectrum can fail to have a 'theory of mind' that lets them realise 'attribute mental states to others, to infer what someone else is thinking or feeling.' http://www.autismresearchcentre.com/research/project.asp?id=1