The Psychologist, October 2014
Autism - are we any closer to explaining the enigma?
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Autism - are we any closer to explaining the enigma?
This is a member only download
Access to PDFs of Psychologist issues is restricted to members of the society. Join us to enjoy this and a host of other benefits.
Autism - are we any closer to explaining the enigma?
Uta Frith introduces a special issue.
Eye on fiction: Generic images of autism
Douwe Draaisma on stereotypes in novels, films and real life.
'Autism can be of a positive type'
We meet Stella Acquarone as part of our autism special issue; Aidan Horner on his ‘negative CV’; and Nick Hatton on an unusual PhD setting.
Autism – myth and reality
Christian Jarrett talks to researchers, people with autism and their relatives, to find out what autism is really like.
Combining the old and the new
Jon Brock looks at Bayesian and predictive coding accounts of autistic cognition.
Looking in: My son’s not Rainman
John Williams on being a parent of ‘The Boy’ with autism.
Looking back: A continuing journey
Patricia Howlin considers where more than 70 years of research and intervention has left us in understanding autism.
Big picture: Alien invasion
Picture by William Tipple, with comment from Professor Uta Frith.
Risk and resilience in the developing brain
Mayada Elsabbagh looks at lessons from autism
New Voices: What is autism, anyway?
Eilidh Cage with the latest in our series for budding writers.
Interview with Francesca Happé
Editor Jon Sutton meets a creative, interpersonal, social scientist to talk about autism, DSM-5, women in science, and more.
One on one… with Simon Baron-Cohen
‘Stories of forgiveness are inspiring to me’ (includes online extras)
Society, October 2014
President’s column; Lifetime Achievement Award; understanding psychosis; Society hubs; autism and the criminal justice system; and more.
The Man With His Head in the Clouds; and more…
… including We are All Completely Beside Ourselves; should research fraud be a criminal offence?; and more, in our ‘Reviews’ section
Letters: the assisted dying debate
The assisted dying debate; expertise and being a woman; memory; dyslexia; EMDR; practitioner titles; sex offenders; obituaries; and more.
News: policing tactics and more
policing tactics; reporting suicide; child protection; faith-based organisations; and more
Digest: Google Glass and more
Autistic traits and altruism; Google Glass; media reports of terrorism; and much more from our free Research Digest (see www.researchdigest.org.uk/blog)