Development and brain systems in autism /
This volume covers several perspectives on autism which bring together the most recent scientific views of the nature of this disorder. A number of themes organize major developments and emerging areas in autism: cognitive and neural systems development-how autism arises in the behavior and thought...
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| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Psychology Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Carnegie Mellon symposia on cognition.
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| Summary: | This volume covers several perspectives on autism which bring together the most recent scientific views of the nature of this disorder. A number of themes organize major developments and emerging areas in autism: cognitive and neural systems development-how autism arises in the behavior and thought of very young children; discovering brain mechanisms underlying social and cognitive deficits in autism-how we can explain "social awkwardness" and poor language comprehension in terms of malfunctions of brain mechanisms, revealed by MRI studies of people with autism; integrating information about genes, brain, and biological mechanisms with behavioral evidence; and linking the science of autism with lives lived-how the new information about autism impacts people with autism and real-world considerations. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 248 pages : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781848728660 (hbk) 1848728662 (hbk) 9781848726406 (pbk) 1848726406 |
