Autism as an executive disorder
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TL;DR
This chapter discusses the neurobiological and neurophysical dimensions of autism and how executive disorders can bring about an inadequate "theory of mind" in autism.
Abstract
Chapter 1. Introduction The Neurobiology of Autism Chapter 2. Integrating the neurobiological and neurophysical dimensions of autism Impairments in generating behaviour Chapter 3. Towards an executive dysfunction account of repetitive behaviour in autism Chapter 4. Pretend play in autism: Executive explanations The nature and the uniqueness of the executive deficits in autism Chapter 5. Validity tests of the executive dysfunction hypothesis of autism Chapter 6. Components of executive function in autism and other disorders Agency, self-awareness, and autism Chapter 7. Motor-images, self-consciousness, and autism Chapter 8. How executive disorders can bring about an inadequate theory of mind