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Autism : mind and brain / edited by Uta Frith and Elisabeth L. Hill

Published
[London] : Royal Society ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 298 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of color plates) : illustrations (some color)
Additional Creators
Frith, Uta and Hill, E. L. (Elisabeth L.)
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Understanding autism: insights from mind and brain / E.L. Hill, U. Frith -- A retrospective analysis of the clinical case records of 'autistic psychopaths' diagnosed by Hans Asperger and his team at the University Children's Hospital, Vienna / K. Hippler, C. Klicpera -- Identifying neurocognitive phenotypes in autism / H. Tager-Flusberg, R.M. Joseph -- Why is joint attention a pivotal skill in autism? / T. Charman -- Does the perception of moving eyes trigger reflexive visual orienting in autism? / J. Swettenham [and others] -- The pathogenesis of autism: insights from congenital blindness / R.P. Hobson, M. Bishop -- The enactive mind, or from actions to cognition: lessons from autism / A. Klin [and others] -- The systemizing quotient: an investigation of adults with asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism, and normal sex differences / S. Baron-Cohen [and others] -- Towards an understanding of the mechanisms of weak central coherence effects: experiments in visual configural learning and auditory perception / K. Plaisted [and others] -- Disentangling weak coherence and executive dysfunction: planning drawing in autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder / R. Booth [and others] -- Autism and movement disturbance / M. Mari [and others] -- Investigating individual differences in brain abnormalities in autism / C.H. Salmond [and others] -- The role of the fusiform face area in social cognition: implications for the pathobiology of autism / R.T. Schultz [and others].
Summary
This is a comprehensive review of research on autism and describes the latest advances, discusses ways forward for future research and presents new techniques for understanding this complex disorder.
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ISBN
1417599790 (electronic bk.)
9781417599790 (electronic bk.)
0198529236 (hbk.)
9780198529231 (hbk.)
0198529244 (pbk.)
9780198529248 (pbk.)
Related Titles
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. V. 358, no. 1430
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Note
"Originating from a Theme Issue first published by Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B."
"First published by the Royal Society 2003"--Title page verso
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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