Asperger syndrome
Subtitle: a gift or a curse?
By: Viktoria Lyons and Michael Fitzgerald.
Contributors: Fitzgerald, Michael, Dr.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Asperger's syndrome.; Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Biography.; Autism -- Patients -- Biography.; Celebrities -- Mental health.; Celebrities -- Diseases.; Creative ability -- Psychological aspects.; Genius and mental illness.; Asperger Syndrome -- psychology.; Asperger Syndrome -- Case Reports.; Autistic Disorder -- Case Reports.; Autistic Disorder -- psychology.; Famous Persons -- Case Reports.; Personality Development -- Case Reports.; Psychological Theory.
Genres: Biography.; Case Reports.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Autism and Asperger syndrome; title: Gift or curse; title: Frontostriatal hypothesis; title: Medial temporal lobe hypothesis; title: Cerebellar hypothesis; title: Autism/asperger syndrome : a disorder of the social self; title: William James Sidis (1898-1944); title: Kurt Gödel (1906-1978); title: Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999); title: Enoch Powell (1912-1998); title: Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956); title: Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995); title: Joy Adamson (1910-1980); title: Charles Darwin (1809-1882); title: Bertrand Russell (1872-1970); title: Robert Walser (1878-1956); title: Conclusion.