The autistic brain : thinking across the spectrum / Temple Grandin and Richard Panek.
By: Grandin, Temple [author.].
Contributor(s): Panek, Richard [author.].
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.Description: viii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780547636450 (hardback) :; 0547636458 (hardback).Subject(s): Autism spectrum disorders | Autistic people -- Mental health | Autism -- Research | Psychology, PathologicalDDC classification: 616.85/882 Other classification: SCI089000 | PSY022020Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.
The autistic brain. The meanings of autism ; Lighting up the autistic brain ; Sequencing the autistic brain ; Hiding and seeking -- Rethinking the autistic brain. Looking past the labels ; Knowing your own strengths ; Rethinking in pictures ; From the margins to the mainstream -- Appendix. The AQ test.
The author discusses how autism is diagnosed and treated and offers theories of possible causes. Also introduces neuroimaging advances and genetic research that links brain science to behavior.
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