What makes us social? Autism, mentalising, and the need for new labels

10-Minute Talks

How we understand autism has changed greatly over time. In this talk, Uta Frith FBA discusses developments in the scientific study of autism and its re-evaluation from a rarely diagnosed disorder to being conceptualised as a spectrum of neurodiversity. Autism can now be explored in relation to the mentalising system and other internal mechanisms that make us social.

Speaker: Professor Uta Frith, developmental psychologist and Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Development, University College London

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