Mindblindness: An Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (971 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 026252225X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor in Developmental Psychopathology and Director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge, is the author of Mindblindness (MIT Press, 1997) and The Essential Difference: The Truth about the Male and Female Mind
In these senses it is much like seeing. (Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts)This book makes a major contribution to the field of theory of mind and its disturbances. In this volume Simon Baron-Choen offers the first major attempt to provide a coherent account of how we understand minds, by synthesizing research conducted across diverse disciplines including evolutionary psychology, cognitive neuroscience and developmental psychopathology. (Henry M. Wellman, Department of Psychology and Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan) . Simon Baron-Cohen has unquestionably been at the forefront of research in this area, and is one of the leading empirical lights in the field. The most sig
Michael J. Edelman said A good argument for a model of autism. Baron-Cohen presents a well thought out theory of autism firmly based on his own experimental evidence, as well as that of others. In brief, Baron Cohen postulates that autistic children lack the ability to interpret the mental states of others, and consequently cannot assign mental causes to the actions of others. He explains this in terms of autictics la. Hubert Cross (hcross@gte.net) said This book goes to the core of the problem behind autism.. There are many books about autism and Asperger's syndrome, but they are all superficial. This is the only one that goes to the source of the problem itself: The brain at the hardware level.What our consciousness 'sees' is not reality itself, but the output of battalions of highly specialized neurone co-processors that interpret reality in a distorted way e. Very academic, but within reach for the layperson Jane Lebak A *lot* to think about in this book. Baron-Cohen handles the development of human beings' perception of self in relation to other selves and then analyzes what's different in individuals with autism. This wasn't quite the book I expected (when I see "essay" I think "introspective ramblings" not "heavily footnoted scientific paper you'll have to read in tot
For these children, the world is essentially devoid of mental things.Baron-Cohen develops a theory that draws on data from comparative psychology, from developmental, and from neuropsychology. It is the natural way in which we interpret, predict, and participate in social behavior and communication. We ascribe mental states to people: states such as thoughts, desires, knowledge, and intentions.Building on many years of research, Baron-Cohen concludes that children with autism, suffer from "mindblindness" as a result of a selective impairment in mindreading. In Mindblindness, Simon Baron-Cohen presents a model of the evolution and development of "mindreading." He argues that we mindread all the time, effortlessly, automatically, and mostly unconsciously. He argues that specific neurocognitive mechanisms have evolved that allow us to mindread, to make sense of actions, to interpret gazes as meaningful, and to decode "the language of the eyes."A Bradford Book