Autism: Explaining the Enigma
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Author | Uta Frith |
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Language | English |
Subject | Autism |
Genre | Science |
Publisher | Blackwell Publishing |
Publication date | 1989 2003 (second edition) |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Hardcover, Paperback |
ISBN | 0-631-22901-9 |
OCLC | 50404148 |
618.92/8982 21 | |
LC Class | RJ506.A9 F695 2003 |
Followed by | Autism โ Mind and Brain |
Autism: Explaining the Enigma is a 1989 nonfiction book by psychologist Uta Frith.
This book provided the first psychological account of what happens in the mind of an autistic person. The book proposed that the key problems for autistic people were an inability to recognize and think about thoughts (theory of mind),[citation needed] and an inability to integrate pieces of information into coherent wholes ("weak central coherence", WCC).[1] The book outlines neuropsychological research on autism.
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External links
- List of the editions on Google Books
- Leekam, Susan R. (May 1991). "Book Review: Autism: Explaining the Enigma". The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 43 (2): 301โ302. doi:10.1080/14640749108400972. S2CID 149418391.
- Frith, Uta (October 2014). "Autism - are we any closer to explaining the enigma?". The Psychologist. Vol. 27. British Psychological Society. pp. 744โ745.
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