Reminder:
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The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to a talk
(as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)
by
Uta Frith (UCL)
Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 17:00 - 18:30
Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Frankel Leó út 30-34.,
Room 303, 3rd floor
(note the venue change!)
Autism – the first fifty years.
The history of experimental research into autism goes back hardly more
than 50 years. Since that time researchers have applied paradigms
developed in experimental psychology and neuropsychology, and later
cognitive neuroscience. Although many questions about the nature and the
causes of autism remain unresolved, some progress has been made in
explaining two of the most puzzling features of autism: the missing
reciprocity in social interactions and the presence of exceptional
talent. One idea, ‘mindblindness’, can explain the difficulties in
reciprocal social interaction. Another idea, ‘detail-focus’, begins to
explain features of autism that are manifest in an uneven profile of
abilities. I will suggest that a constellation of three factors in the
cognitive strengths and weaknesses in autism is conducive to the
development of talents. First, lack of spontaneous mentalising frees the
individual from conventions. Second, a detail focussed attention
strategy is conducive to novel segmentation of perceptual input. Third,
novelty aversion and perseveration make light weight of the proverbial
10,000 hours of practice.
We're looking forward to see you there (Frankel Leo u .
30-34)!Cognitive Science Events at CEU:
http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events
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