Autism as an Executive Disorder - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0198523491 ISBN 13: 9780198523499

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 1998

Riassunto

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.

Su questo libro

Contenuti:

• J. Russell: Chapter 1. Introduction
• The Neurobiology of Autism
• T. Robbins: Chapter 2. Integrating the neurobiological and neurophysical dimensions of autism
• Impairments in generating behaviour
• M. Turner: Chapter 3. Towards an executive dysfunction account of repetitive behaviour in autism
• C. Jarrold: Chapter 4. Pretend play in autism: Executive explanations
• The nature and the uniqueness of the executive deficits in autism
• B. Pennington et al: Chapter 5. Validity tests of the executive dysfunction hypothesis of autism
• S. Ozonoff: Chapter 6. Components of executive function in autism and other disorders
• Agency, self-awareness, and autism
• E. Pacherie: Chapter 7. Motor-images, self-consciousness, and autism
• J. Russell: Chapter 8. How executive disorders can bring about an inadequate "theory of mind"

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0198523491
• ISBN 13: 9780198523499
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 328
• Redattore: Russell James