1 online resource (xix, 298 pages, [2] pages of color plates) :
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illustrations (some color)
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"First published by the Royal Society 2003"--Title page verso.
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"Originating from a Theme Issue first published by Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Understanding autism: insights from mind and brain / E.L. Hill, U. Frith -- 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 / K. Hippler, C. Klicpera -- Identifying neurocognitive phenotypes in autism / H. Tager-Flusberg, R.M. Joseph -- Why is joint attention a pivotal skill in autism? / T. Charman -- Does the perception of moving eyes trigger reflexive visual orienting in autism? / J. Swettenham [and others] -- The pathogenesis of autism: insights from congenital blindness / R.P. Hobson, M. Bishop -- The enactive mind, or from actions to cognition: lessons from autism / A. Klin [and others] -- The systemizing quotient: an investigation of adults with asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism, and normal sex differences / S. Baron-Cohen [and others] -- Towards an understanding of the mechanisms of weak central coherence effects: experiments in visual configural learning and auditory perception / K. Plaisted [and others] -- Disentangling weak coherence and executive dysfunction: planning drawing in autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder / R. Booth [and others] -- Autism and movement disturbance / M. Mari [and others] -- Investigating individual differences in brain abnormalities in autism / C.H. Salmond [and others] -- The role of the fusiform face area in social cognition: implications for the pathobiology of autism / R.T. Schultz [and others].
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This is a comprehensive review of research on autism and describes the latest advances, discusses ways forward for future research and presents new techniques for understanding this complex disorder.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.