Autism: Explaining the Enigma
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| Author | Uta Frith |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Autism |
| Genre | Science |
| Publisher | Blackwell Publishing |
Publication date | 1989 2003 (second edition) |
| Media type | Hardcover, Paperback |
| ISBN | 0-631-22901-9 |
| OCLC | 50404148 |
| 618.92/8982 21 | |
| LC Class | RJ506.A9 F695 2003 |
| Followed by | Autism – Mind and Brain |
Autism: Explaining the Enigma is a book published by psychologist Uta Frith.
This book provided the first satisfactory psychological account of what happens in the mind of a person with autism. 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.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Frith, Uta (2008). "Weak central coherence (p. 90ff.)". Autism. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1992-0756-5.
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): 301–302. doi:10.1080/14640749108400972.
- Frith, Uta (October 2014). "Autism - are we any closer to explaining the enigma?". The Psychologist. 27. British Psychological Society. pp. 744–745.
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