German developmental psychologist (born 1941)
Dame Uta Frith DBE , FRS , FBA , FMedSci (née Aurnhammer ; born 25 May 1941[ 2] ) 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 [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] and dyslexia .[ 8] [ 9] Her book Autism: Explaining the Enigma [ 10] [ 11] 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 .[ 12] [ 13] Among students she has mentored are Tony Attwood , Maggie Snowling , Simon Baron-Cohen and Francesca Happé .
^ "Uta Frith" . The Life Scientific . 6 December 2011. BBC Radio 4 . Retrieved 18 January 2014 .
^ "Who's Who 2023" .
^ Houston, R. A.; Frith, Uta (2000). Autism in history: the case of Hugh Blair of Borgue [c. 1708–1765] . Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. ISBN 978-0-631-22088-6 .
^ Gilles Trehin (2006). Urville . London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84310-419-3 .
^ Elisabeth Hill; Frith, Uta (2004). Autism, mind, and brain . Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-852924-8 .
^ Frith, Uta (1991). Autism and Asperger syndrome . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-38608-1 .
^ Frith, Uta (2008). Autism. A Very Short Introduction . Oxford University Press . ISBN 978-0-1992-0756-5 .
^ Frith, Uta (1983). Cognitive Processes in Spelling . London, UK: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-268662-7 .
^ Frith, Uta; Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (2005). The learning brain: lessons for education . Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-2401-0 .
^ Leekam, Susan R. (May 1991). "Book Review: Autism: Explaining the Enigma" . The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology . 43 (2): 301–302. doi :10.1080/14640749108400972 . S2CID 149418391 .
^ "Book Reviews: Autism: Explaining the enigma By Uta Frith". British Journal of Developmental Psychology . 21 (3): 465–468. 2003. doi :10.1348/026151003322277801 .
^ Korkiakangas, Terhi; Dindar, Katja; Laitila, Aarno; Kärnä, Eija (November 2016). "The Sally-Anne test: an interactional analysis of a dyadic assessment". International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders . 51 (6): 685–702. doi :10.1111/1460-6984.12240 . ISSN 1460-6984 . PMID 27184176 .
^ "Professor Uta Frith - Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health" . ACAMH . 13 December 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2020 .