| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 298 pages, [2] pages of color plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| 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 |
| Notes |
"Originating from a Theme Issue first published by Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B." |
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"First published by the Royal Society 2003"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Autism.
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Austic Disorder
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Autistic Disorder
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Autism
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Autisme.
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Cognitieve stoornissen.
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Autisme.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Frith, Uta.
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Hill, E. L. (Elisabeth L.)
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| ISBN |
1417599790 |
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9781417599790 |
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