Uta Frith
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Uta Frith is a leading developmental psychologist working at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College, London. She has published many papers on autism and dyslexia, as well as several books. Her most well known book is 'Autism: Explaining the Enigma' which provides an introduction to the cognitive neuroscience of autism.
Frith's work on theory of mind in autism proposes the idea that people with autism have specific difficulties understanding other people's beliefs and desires.
Her husband Chris Frith is also a leading neuroscientist.
[edit] Publications
Dr. Frith's published works include:
- Autism: Explaining the Enigma, Oxford, Blackwell Publishing 2003 ISBN 06-31-22901-9
- Autism - Mind and Brain, Oxford, Oxford University Press 2004 ISBN 01-98-52924-4
- Autism and Asperger Syndrom, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1991 ISBN 05-21-38608-X
- The Learning Brain: Lessons for Education (with Sarah-Jayne Blakemore), Oxford, Blackwell Publishing 2005 ISBN 14-05-12401-6
- Urville (with Gilles Trehin), London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2006 ISBN 18-43-10419-9
- Cognitive Processes in Spelling, London, Academic Press 1983 ISBN 01-22-68662-4
- Autism in History: The Case of Hugh Blair of Borgue (with Rab Houston), Oxford, Blackwell Publishing 2000 ISBN 06-31-22088-7
