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The role of the self in mindblindness in autism
(2011)
Since its inception the 'mindblindness' theory of autism has greatly furthered our understanding of the core social-communication impairments in autism spectrum conditions (ASC). However, one of the more subtle issues ...
Unraveling the paradox of the autistic self
(2010)
Paradoxically, individuals with autism spectrum conditions have been characterized as both impaired in self-referential cognitive processing, yet also egocentric. How can the self in autism be both 'absent' (i.e., impaired ...
What neuroimaging and perceptions of self-other similarity can tell us about the mechanism underlying mentalizing
(2009)
Carruthers' "mindreading is prior" model postulates one unitary mindreading mechanism working identically for self and other. While we agree about shared mindreading mechanisms, there is also evidence from neuroimaging and ...
The role of the forensic psychologist
(Charles C Thomas Publisher, 2009)
Being admitted by a judge as an expert witness to testify in a trial confers status on a professional and his or her specialist scientific field. This chapter first considers forensic psychologists as expert witnesses in ...