Thinking, Reasoning, and Decision Making in Autism by Kinga M... - 9781138481169

Taylor & Francis

Thinking, Reasoning, and Decision Making in AutismAuthor(s): Kinga Morsanyi, Ruth M.J. Byrne\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138481169, 978-1138481169\nSynopsis\nThinking, Reasoning, and Decision Making in Autism provides fresh insights into the cognitive processes that underlie some of the typical characteristics of autism. Autism has long been considered an enigma, and no single theory so far has been able to explain, or even fully describe, the key characteristics of the autistic mind. From the interdisciplinary perspective of new research in cognitive psychology, linguistics, philosophy, and neuroscience, this book explores thinking, reasoning, and decision making in autism.\n\nThe new cognitive approaches challenge some of the existing assumptions of the nature of thought in autism, including presumed areas of impairments. Instead, this book focuses on the nuanced array of cognitive signatures that characte.