Autism

Explaining the Enigma

Uta Frith (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2003 | 2nd edition
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-631-22901-8 (ISBN)

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The first edition of "Autism: Explaining the Enigma" provided a satisfactory psychological account of what happens in the mind of a person with autism. This updated edition reports on how this explanation has stood the test of time.

The updated edition of this classic account of autism includes a new chapter outlining recent developments in neuropsychological research, and overviews one of the most important theoretical and practical consequences of Frith's original insights into this puzzling condition.

Updated edition of this classic account of autism.

Includes new sections covering practical and theoretical developments, and a chapter on recent investigations of the neurological basis of psychological impairments in autism.

Accessible to a broad general readership.

Uta Frith is Professor of Cognitive Development at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College, London. She is the co-author of Autism in History (Blackwell Publishers, 1999).

Preface to the Second Edition. Acknowledgements.

1. What is Autism?.

2. The Enchantment of Autism.

3. Lessons from History.

4. Is there an Autism Epidemic?.

5. Mind-reading and Mind-Blindness.

6. Autism Aloneness.

7. The Difficulty of Talking to Others.

8. Intelligence and Special Talent.

9. A Fragmented World.

10. Sensations and Repetitions.

11. Seeing the Brain through a Scanner.

12. A Different Brain – A Different Mind.

Notes.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.3.2003
Reihe/Serie	Cognitive Development
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	336 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	0-631-22901-9 / 0631229019
ISBN-13	978-0-631-22901-8 / 9780631229018
Zustand	Neuware