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基本説明
A companion website will feature brain scans in full colour.
Full Description
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.
Contents
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.