Autism: Mind and Brain

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ISBN: 9780198529248 | 0198529244
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/25/2004

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With contributions from leaders in autism research, the book describes the latest advances, discusses ways forward for future research, and presents new techniques for understanding this complex disorder.

List of Contributors

Introduction

xiii

U. Frith and E.L. Hill

1. Understanding autism: insights from mind and brain

(20)

E.L. Hill and U. Frith

2. 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

(22)

K. Hippler and C. Klicpera

3. Identifying neurocognitive phenotypes in autism

(24)

H. Tager-Flusberg and R.M. Joseph

4. Why is joint attention a pivotal skill in autism?

(22)

T. Charman

5. Does the perception of moving eyes trigger reflexive visual orienting in autism?

(20)

J. Swettenham, S. Condie, R. Campbell, E. Milne, and M. Coleman

6. The pathogenesis of autism: insights from congenital blindness

109

(18)

R.P. Hobson and M. Bishop

7. The enactive mind, or from actions to cognition: lessons from autism

127

(34)

A. Klin, W. Jones, R. Schultz, and F. Volkmar

8. The systemizing quotient: an investigation of adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism, and normal sex differences

161

(26)

S. Baron-Cohen, J. Richler, D. Bisarva, N. Gurunathan, and S. Wheelwright

9. Towards an understanding of the mechanisms of weak central coherence effects: experiments in visual configural learning and auditory perception

187

(24)

K. Plaisted, L. Saksida, J. Alcántara, and E. Weisblatt

10. Disentangling weak coherence and executive dysfunction: planning drawing in autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

211

(14)

R. Booth, R. Charlton, C. Hughes, and F. Happé

11. Autism and movement disturbance

225

(22)

M. Mari, D. Marks, C. Marraffa, M. Prior, and U. Castiello

12. Investigating individual differences in brain abnormalities in autism

247

(20)

C.H Salmond, M. de Haan, K.J. Friston, D.G. Gadian, and F. Vargha-Khadem

13. The role of the fusiform face area in social cognition: implications for the pathobiology of autism

267

(28)

R.T. Schultz, D.J. Grelotti, A. Klin, J. Kleinman, C. Van der Gaag, R. Marois, and P. Skudlarski

Index

295

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