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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Other Authors: Just, Marcel Adam (-), Pelphrey, Kevin Archer
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Psychology Press 2013.
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 fMRI studies of people with autism.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (265 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781135103125
9780203073353
9781299279582
9781135103132