Exploring Autism - A Conversation with Uta Frith
By Howard Burton
Length1h 44m
About this audiobook
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and one of the world’s leading experts on autism Uta Frith, Professor of Cognitive Development at University College London. Topics that are examined in this extensive conversation are what autism actually is, the reasons behind the increased number of diagnoses over the last few years, autism spectrum disorders, Asperger’s syndrome, mentalizing, brain imaging to research the cognitive and neurobiological bases of autism and more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Autistic Condition, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Assessing the Landscape - An autism epidemic?
II. Searching for a Definition - Innate vs. conscious understanding
III. A Stunning Result - Learning from dolls
IV. Looking Inside - Brain-imaging technology and its impact
V. Vaccines - Correlation vs. causation
VI. Probing the Spectrum - Big and little pictures
VII. Gender - A provocative speculation
VIII. Ways Forward - Some concrete approaches
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series:
This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert in a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks. For other books in this series visit our website: https://ideasroadshow.com/.
Audiobook details
GenreSelf-Help, Psychology
Length1 hr 44 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Contents
12Questions for Discussion:
2A Note on the Text
13V. Vaccines
3Introduction
14Questions for Discussion:
4The Conversation
15VI. Probing the Spectrum
5I. Assessing the Landscape
16Questions for Discussion:
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6Questions for Discussion:
17VII. Gender
7II. Searching for a Definition
18Questions for Discussion:
8Questions for Discussion:
19VIII. Ways Forward
9III. A Stunning Result
20Question for Discussion:
10Questions for Discussion:
21Continuing the Conversation
11IV. Looking Inside
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