Understanding Other Minds: Perspectives from Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience [Paperback]

Simon Baron-Cohen (Editor), Helen Tager-Flusberg (Editor), Donald J. Cohen (Editor)

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Publication Date: February 15, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0198524455 | ISBN-13: 978-0198524458 | Edition: 2

Like the first edition, this completely updated and revised text still focuses on the "theory of mind" hypothesis--an important new psychological approach to autism-- and provides an invaluable discussion about the nature of what is widely recognized as the most severe childhood psychological disorder. But it provides expanded coverage of evolution and new sections on infancy, neurobiology, and cognitive neuroscience.

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"This is an important work in a rapidly changing field. The editors and contributors attempt to explain the always-elusive concept of self-awareness. The also attempt to explain that perhaps uniquely human quality of realizing that other, also, are self-aware, and how this ability is crucial in normal human development. Unlike may other books on this subject, the editors approach the concept from several different perspectives and succeed in offering an explanation using all these modalities. The book's usefulness is perhaps limited to researchers and child/development psychologists, but anyone interested in the subject will find it exciting reading."--Doody's

"Updated to integrate changes in theory, method, and data since the 1933 first edition, which was subtitled Perspectives from Autism, 21 studies cover the theory of mind from perspectives of normal development and autism, neurobiological aspects, clinical aspects, and anthropological and evolutionary issues. The range of topics is reflected in the disciplines from which the contributors hail. Among the specific concerns are developmental relationships between language and the theory of mind, the role of the frontal lobes and the amygdala, early diagnosis of autism, teaching the theory of mind to people with autism, whether chimpanzees use their gestures to instruct each other, and paleo-anthropological perspectives."--SciTech Book News

"Understanding Other Minds is a well thought-out text, with all the chapter authors achieving a very high standard of presentation. The book provides an excellent introduction for readers new to the area while also providing an important research synthesis for the more expert. It contains a wealth of material of obvious relevance and interest to psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and developmental psychologists, but will also be of interest to those working in other branches of psychology."--Psychological Medicine

About the Author

Simon Baron-Cohen is at University of Cambridge. Helen Tager-Flusberg is at University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Product Details

• Paperback: 530 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (February 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198524455
• ISBN-13: 978-0198524458
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Work, December 4, 2000

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This review is from: Understanding Other Minds: Perspectives from Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (Paperback)

This is perhaps the definitive source on the nature of autism. I particularly enjoyed the bit on cognitive neuroscience.