Medicine:Autism: Explaining the Enigma
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| Author | Uta Frith |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Autism |
| Genre | Science |
| Publisher | Blackwell Publishing |
Publication date | 1989 2003 (second edition) |
| Media type | Hardcover, Paperback |
| ISBN | 0-631-22901-9 |
| OCLC | 50404148 |
| 618.92/8982 21 | |
| LC Class | RJ506.A9 F695 2003 |
| Followed by | Autism – Mind and Brain |
Autism: Explaining the Enigma is a non-fiction book by developmental psychologist Uta Frith, first published by Basil Blackwell in 1989, that surveys research on autism through a cognitive and neuropsychological lens.[1][2] A substantially updated second edition was published in 2003.[3]
Overview
In the book, Frith synthesises research on autism and discusses cognitive accounts that were influential in late-20th-century autism research, including difficulties in understanding other people's mental states (often discussed in relation to theory of mind) and atypical integration of information (commonly discussed under the term weak central coherence).[4][5][6]
The second edition adds discussion of subsequent developments and includes expanded coverage of neuropsychological and neuroscience research that emerged after the first edition.[4][3]
See also
References
- ↑ Wing, Lorna (1990). "Autism: Explaining the Enigma. By U. Frith.". Psychological Medicine 20 (3): 726–728. doi:10.1017/S003329170001727X.
- ↑ Ainsworth, Patricia (1990). "Autism: Explaining the Enigma. By Uta Frith. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 1989. 204 pp. £8.95 (pb), £25.00 (hb).". The British Journal of Psychiatry 156 (6). https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/autism-explaining-the-enigma-by-uta-frith-oxford-basil-blackwell-1989-204-pp-895-pb-2500-hb/0E35742F88C687CD40617FD3B83CC3C7. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scott, Fiona J. (2004). "Autism: Explaining the Enigma, 2nd edn.". Psychological Medicine 34 (6): 1140–1141. doi:10.1017/S0033291704243203.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Baron-Cohen, Simon (2003). "A mature view of autism". Trends in Cognitive Sciences. doi:10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00194-3.
- ↑ Bishop, Dorothy V. M. (2008). "Forty years on: Uta Frith's contribution to research on autism and dyslexia". Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 61 (1): 16–26. doi:10.1080/17470210701508665.
- ↑ Leekam, S. R. (1991). "Book Review: Autism: Explaining the Enigma". The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A 43 (2): 301–302. doi:10.1080/14640749108400972a. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14640749108400972a. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
External links
- List of the editions on Google Books
- Leekam, Susan R. (May 1991). "Book Review: Autism: Explaining the Enigma". The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 43 (2): 301–302. doi:10.1080/14640749108400972.
- Frith, Uta (October 2014). "Autism - are we any closer to explaining the enigma?". The Psychologist (British Psychological Society) 27: pp. 744–745. https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-27/edition-10/autism-are-we-any-closer-explaining-enigma.
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