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Autism: Explaining the Enigma
AuthorUta Frith
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAutism
GenreScience
PublisherBlackwell Publishing
Publication date
1989
2003 (second edition)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typeHardcover, Paperback
ISBN0-631-22901-9
OCLC50404148
618.92/8982 21
LC ClassRJ506.A9 F695 2003
Followed byAutism – Mind and Brain 

Autism: Explaining the Enigma is a book published by psychologist Uta Frith.

This book provided the first satisfactory psychological account of what happens in the mind of a person with autism. The book proposed that the key problems for autistic people were an inability to recognize and think about thoughts (theory of mind),[citation needed] and an inability to integrate pieces of information into coherent wholes ("weak central coherence", WCC).[1] The book outlines neuropsychological research on autism.

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References

  1. ^ Frith, Uta (2008). "Weak central coherence (p. 90ff.)". Autism. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-1992-0756-9. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)