Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 652 g
Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 652 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-852349-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford
Autism continues to fascinate researchers because it is both debilitating in its effects and complex in its nature and origins. The prevalent theory is that autism is primarily characterised by difficulties in understanding mental concepts, but the contributors to this book present new and compelling arguments for an alternative theory. Their research points strongly to the idea that autism is primarily a disorder of "executive functions", those involved in the control of action and thought. As such, the book provides a new and controversial perspective on this important question.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
Weitere Infos & Material
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- The Neurobiology of Autism
- Chapter 2. Integrating the neurobiological and neurophysical dimensions of autism
- Impairments in generating behaviour
- Chapter 3. Towards an executive dysfunction account of repetitive behaviour in autism
- Chapter 4. Pretend play in autism: Executive explanations
- The nature and the uniqueness of the executive deficits in autism
- Chapter 5. Validity tests of the executive dysfunction hypothesis of autism
- Chapter 6. Components of executive function in autism and other disorders
- Agency, self-awareness, and autism
- Chapter 7. Motor-images, self-consciousness, and autism
- Chapter 8. How executive disorders can bring about an inadequate "theory of mind"
