The passionate mind
Subtitle: how people with autism learn
By: Wendy Lawson ; foreword by Rita Jordan ; illustrated by Lisa Simone.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781849051217
Subjects: Autism; Cognitive styles; Autistic Disorder; Attention; Cognition; Learning
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is autism?; title: The autism spectrum (AS) : where we are to date; title: Consideration of cognitive theories of autism spectrum; title: Cognitive theory : theory of mind (ToM); title: Cognitive theory : executive functioning (EF) and autism spectrum; title: Cognitive theory : weak central coherence (WCC) and autism spectrum; title: Cognitive theory : enhanced perceptual functioning and autism (EPF); title: The cognitive theory of single attention and associated cognition in autism (SAACA); title: Relavency of SAACA