Publisher Summary This chapter describes the different aspects of the theory of mind and
autism. Difficulty in understanding other minds is a core cognitive feature of autism spectrum …

Background: Structural language anomalies or impairments in autistic spectrum disorder
(ASD) are theoretically and practically important, although underrecognised as such. This …

The history of autism has included waxing and waning of interest in language and
communication, from interpreting language abnormalities as secondary to deficits in social …

" Professor Gastil has been a leading voice in the deliberative democracy movement for the
last 15 years, and with this book he has created a wonderful resource that adeptly captures …

A theory of mind remains one of the quintessential abilities that makes us human (Whiten,
1993). By theory of mind we mean being able to infer the full range of mental states (beliefs …

We all appreciate that there are differences in the typical psychology of men and women. Yet
underlying these subtle differences, Simon Baron-Cohen believes, there is one essential …

Most of us are continually aware that others have thoughts and feelings–but are children?
When? This book is a concise and readable review of the extensive research into children's …

It has often been suggested that people's ordinary capacities for understanding the world
make use of much the same methods one might find in a formal scientific investigation. A …

The ability to attribute thoughts and feelings to self and others (theory of mind') has been
hypothesised to have an innate neural basis and a dedicated cognitive mechanism …

Central coherence theory (Frith, U., 1989. Autism: Explaining the Enigma. Blackwell, Oxford.)
is addressed by exploring linguistic processing in normally intelligent adults with either …