The Neuropsychology of Autism (Hardcover)

Foreword
Acknowledgments

Contributors
Introduction

Part 1. Fundamental Information about Autism Spectrum Disorder
1. Phenomenology of ASD: Definition, Snydromes, and Major Features
(Eva Troyb, Kellley Knoch, and Marianne Barton)
2. Genetics: Many Roads to the Autism Spectrum Disorder
(Brett S. Abrahams)
3. The Neuroanatomy of ASD
(Martha R. Herbert)
4. The Neurochemistry of ASD
(David J. Posey, Zohra Lodin, Craig A. Erickson, Kimberly A. Stigler, and Christopher J. McDougle)
5. Major Current Neuropsychological Theories of ASD
(Agata Rozga, Sharlet A. Anderson, and Diana L. Robins)

Part 2.Neuropsychological Functions
6. Language in ASD
(Elizabeth Kelley)
7. Memory in ASD
(Jill Boucher and Andrew Mayes)
8. Attention and Working Memory in ASD
(Brittany G. Travers, Mark R. Klinger, and Laura Grofer Klinger)
9. Executive Functions in ASD
(Inge-Marie Eigsti)
10. Motor Development and its Relation to Social and Behavioral Manifestations in Children with ASD
(Ericka L. Wodka and Stewart H. Mostofsky)
11. Sensory Functions in ASD
(Tal Kenet)
12. Social Cognition in ASD
(Mikle South, Robert T. Schultz, and Sally Ozonoff)
13. Imitation in ASD
(Costanza Colombi, Giacomo Vivanti, and Sally J. Rogers)
14. Implicit Learning in ASD
(Inge-Marie Eigsti and Jessica Mayo)
15. The Significanse of IQ and Differential Cognitive Abilities for Understanding ASD
(Robert M. Joseph)
16. Clinical Implications for Assessment and Treatment of ASD
(Julie M. Wolf and Elizabeth Kelly)

Part 3. Frontiers of Neuropsychology and Autism
17. Systemizing and Empathizing
(Sally Wheelwright and Simon Baron-Cohen)
18. Entranment, Mimicry, and Interpersonal Synchrony
(Marcel Kinsbourne and Molly Helt)
19. Repetitive Movements and Arousal
(Marcel Kinsbourne)
20. Neural Network Models of Context Utilization
(Ananth Narayanan and Dacid Q. Beversdorf)
21. Structural and Functional Brain Development in ASD: The Impact of Early Brain Overgrowth and Considerations for Treatment
(Karen Pierce and Lisa T. Eyler)
22. Neuropeptide and Steroid Hormones
(Suma Jacob, Maria Demosthenous, and C. Sue Carter)
23. Redefining the Concept of Autism as a Unitary Disorder: Multiple Casual Deficits of a Single Kind?
(Jill Boucher)
24. Autism Endophenotypes Are Not Unified by Gene Variants or Chromosome Number Variants
(Lynn Waterhouse)
25. A Whole-Body Systems Approach to ASD
(Martha R. Herbert)
26. Future Directions in ASD Research
(Deborah Fein, Katarzyna Chawarska, and Isabelle Rapin)

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Deborah A. Fein
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor,
Departments of Psychology and Pediatrics,
University of Connecticut