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Understanding Other Minds Simon Baron-Cohen

Understanding Other Minds By Simon Baron-Cohen

Understanding Other Minds by Simon Baron-Cohen


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How do children come to understand other minds? Why do children with autism have such trouble developing normal social understanding of other people's feelings? Addressing such questions, this edition focuses on the field by linking autism research to several methods for studying the brain. It is useful for researchers of child development.

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Understanding Other Minds by Simon Baron-Cohen

It has been nearly 10 years since the material for the original edition of this book was prepared. During that time, there has been dramatic growth in the fields of theory of mind, autism, and cognitive neuroscience. This new edition includes a whole section on the cognitive neuroscience of mind-reading, bringing together varied research methods such as functional neuro-imaging, single cell recording, and neuropsychology. In addition, there is expanded coverage of primate studies and the evolution of a theory of mind, and new information relating theory of mind in clinical populations other than autism, such as schizophrenia. The original section on normal development has been updated, as has the debate over the relationship between theory of mind deficits and autism. Understanding other Minds: Perspectives from Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience remains the key sourcebook for this important area, which attracts researchers and clinicians in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, and primatology . The new material in this edition will ensure that it is essential reading for these groups. From reviews of the first edition: [This book] will be of absorbing interest to all those involved in the fields of autism and child development. It also contains thought-provoking ideas of relevance to psychology and psychiatry in general. L. Wing, National Autistic Society This book would be of great interest to researchers of child development but also to many clinicians and teachers working with individuals with autism. British Journal of Psychiatry

Table of Contents

Preface ; SECTION 1: THEORY OF MIND IN NORMAL DEVELOPMENT AND AUTISM ; 2. Developing understandings of mind ; 3. Early theories of mind: what the theory can tell us about autism ; 4. Autism: Deficits in folk psychology exist alongside superiority in folk physics ; 5. Language and theory of mind: what are the developmental relationships? ; 6. Language and understanding minds: connections in autism ; 7. Theory of mind and executive function: is there a developmental relationship? ; 8. Pretending, imagery and self-awareness in autism ; 9. Parts and wholes, meaning and minds: central coherence and its relation to theory of mind ; 10. Aspects of autism that theory of mind cannot easily explain ; SECTION 2: THEORY OF MIND: NEUROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS ; 11. The role of the frontal lobes and the amygdala in theory of mind ; 12. How can studies of the monkey brain help us understand theory of mind and autism in humans? ; 13. Cerebral lateralization and theory of mind ; 14. The physiological basis of theory of mind: functional neuroimaging studies ; SECTION 3: THEORY OF MIND: CLINICAL ASPECTS ; 15. Theory of mind in other clinical samples: is a selective theory of mind deficit exclusive to autism? ; 16. Theory of mind and the early diagnosis of autism ; 17. Teaching theory of mind to individuals with autism ; SECTION 4: THEORY OF MIND: ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY ISSUES ; 19. Palaeoanthropological perspectives on the theory of mind ; 20. Culture and Understanding Other Minds ; 21. Theory of mind in action

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GOR004767599
9780198524458
0198524455
Understanding Other Minds by Simon Baron-Cohen
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Oxford University Press
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