Books by Uta Frith
Uta Frith is is Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Development at University College London and Research Foundation Professor at the Faculties of Humanities and Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark. She is best known for her research on autism spectrum disorders. Her book, Autism, Explaining the Enigma (1989) has been translated into many languages. She was one of the initiators of the study of Asperger’s Syndrome in the UK and her work on reading development, spelling and dyslexia has been highly influential.
Autism and Talent
by Uta Frith & Uta Frith, Francesca Happe
Autism spectrum conditions affect as many as one in a hundred people. One of the most startling aspects of this social-communication disorder is the high rate of special, or savant, skills. Around 10% of people with autism are thought to have a striking skill in music, art, calculation, or memory. So why might people with severe social-communication impairments be predisposed to develop perfect pitch, photographic-like memory, or lightning calculation?
Autism: Mind and Brain
by Uta Frith
(The Royal Society) Univ. College London, UK. Text is derived from a Theme Issue first published by Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B. Focuses on new ideas and clinical findings influencing the understanding of autism and its variants. Discusses various therapeutic approaches. Softcover, hardcover also available.
Autism: Explaining the Enigma
by Uta Frith
The first edition of Autism: Explaining the Enigma quickly became a classic because it provided the first satisfactory psychological account of what happens in the mind of a person with autism. The book proposed that the key problems were an inability to recognize and think about thoughts (theory of mind), and an inability to integrate pieces of information into coherent wholes (central coherence). It suggested that from this beginning, problems of communication, social interaction, and flexibility follow as the complex interactions of human development unfold.
Autism in History
by Uta Frith
This engaging story of an eighteenth century Scottish laird whose brief arranged marriage was annulled on the grounds of his mental capacity - which seen through modern eyes can be identified as autism. It is a story of villainy and innocence, and provides a fascinating historical context to which the latest theories on autism are applied.
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
by Uta Frith
"The subject of this delightful book is the most important in child psychiatry and possibly in medicine, because at issue is the essence of our human nature....Buy Frith's book as a treat, read it, and send it to an editor as a reminder that brevity is not always beneficial; it took Asperger sixty pages to make his point, and Kanner thirty-three." The Lancet
The Learning Brain
by Uta Frith & Uta Frith, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
In this groundbreaking book, two leading authorities in the field review what we really know about how and when the brain learns, and consider the implications of this knowledge for educational policy and practice.
“I am surprised myself that something which I did for my PhD 40 years ago still casts a spell on me today, just as it did then. It is the enormity of the challenge – to find out what exactly accounts for the development of the mind…What does it mean that you can have talents even when you have serious disabilities. I have always been fascinated by this contrast. It tells us something about the structure of the mind. I think the mind is not just one hopelessly entangled mass, but can be divided into surprisingly neat compartments, as if we were looking at a house with many rooms…There are other neurological conditions which tell us something about the structure of the mind. They all hold keys to open doors of many rooms that are yet closed. I think autism holds one of the main keys to give us insight into the mind.” Read more...
Uta Frith, Psychologist
Interviews with Uta Frith
The best books on Autism, recommended by Uta Frith
The author of Autism and Talent and Autism in History puts her subject into historical context and tells us why studying the development of the mind continues to fascinate her
Interviews where books by Uta Frith were recommended
The best books on Autism, recommended by Uta Frith
The author of Autism and Talent and Autism in History puts her subject into historical context and tells us why studying the development of the mind continues to fascinate her
The best books on The Mind and The Brain, recommended by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Research Fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL, discusses aspects of the relationship between the mind and the brain. She recommends books on autism, the allure of neuroscience, consciousness and maths
