Frith, Uta

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Name (Hebrew)
פרית', אוטה
Name (Latin)
Frith, Uta
Date of birth
1941-05-25
Field of activity
Autism
Developmental psychology
Dyslexia
Occupation
Psychologists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 100283259
Wikidata: Q8219
Library of congress: n 79101449
Sources of Information
  • Cognitive processes in spelling, 1979 (a.e.)CIP galley t.p. (Uta Frith, MRC Develop. Psych. Unit, London)
  • Author's Autism, 1989:CIP t.p. (Uta Frith) data sheet (b. 5/25/41)
  • אוטיזם: פשר החידה, 1997:עמוד השער (אוטה פרית')
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Wikipedia description:

Dame Uta Frith (née Aurnhammer; born 25 May 1941) is a German-British developmental psychologist and emeritus professor in cognitive development at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London (UCL). She pioneered much of the current research into autism and dyslexia. Her book Autism: Explaining the Enigma introduced the cognitive neuroscience of autism. She is credited with creating the Sally–Anne test along with fellow scientists Alan Leslie and Simon Baron-Cohen. Among students she has mentored are Tony Attwood, Maggie Snowling, Simon Baron-Cohen and Francesca Happé.

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