Description
From a preeminent researcher, this book looks at the key role of joint attention in both typical and atypical development. Peter C. Mundy shows that no other symptom dimension is more strongly linked to early identification and treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). He synthesizes a wealth of knowledge on how joint attention develops, its neurocognitive underpinnings, and how it helps to explain the learning, language, and social-cognitive features of ASD across the lifespan. Clinical implications are explored, including reviews of cutting-edge diagnostic methods and targeted treatment approaches.
Chapter
1. A Brief History of the Concept of Autism
Autism and the Myth of the Unresponsive Child
The Demise of the Unresponsive Prototype
The Dimensional Approach to the Social Nature of Autism
The Fuzzy Nature of Human Nature
The Moderator Model of Autism
2. The Dimension of Joint Attention and ASD Diagnosis
Joint Attention and the RDoC
Joint Attention and the Evolution of the DSM Criteria for ASD
3. Joint Attention in Symptom Assessment and Risk Identification
Joint Attention and Defining the Social Nature of Autism
The Development of Clinical Measures of Joint Attention
Applications of Joint Attention Measures to the Study of ASD
Risk Identification in Infant Siblings
Joint Attention in Other Conditions
4. Joint Attention, Learning, and Social Cognition
Joint Attention, Mentalizing, and Autism
The Social-Cognitive Hypothesis of Joint Attention
Joint Attention, Developmental Dissociations, and Timing
An Alternative Theory of Joint Attention and Social Cognition
Gender Differences and Joint Attention
Joint Attention in Childhood
5. Social Orienting, Joint Attention, and Social Motivation
Three Questions about the Development of Joint Attention
The Many Dimensions of the Social Phenotype of ASD
When Does Joint Attention Develop?
Joint Attention, Language Development, and Social Orienting
Joint Attention and Cognitive Processing in Infancy
6. Early Intervention, Joint Attention, and ASD
Models of Early Intervention
Approaches to Joint Attention Intervention
Joint Attention and Intervention for Older Verbal Children
7. Neurodevelopment of Joint Attention
The Need for Caution in the Cognitive Neuroscience of ASD
Choosing Dimensions in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience of ASD
Evidence for the Neural Network of Joint Attention
Imaging Studies of Joint Attention in Autism Spectrum Development
The Overlap between the Joint Attention and Social-Cognitive Networks
The Dynamic Development of Behavior and Social-Cognitive Neural Systems
A Functional Appraisal of the Joint Attention Neural Network
8. The Genetics of Joint Attention and Joint Engagement
Joint Attention/Joint Engagement, Motivation, and Molecules
The Genetics of JAJE: An Overview
QTL Linkage and Joint Attention
Oxytocin and Vasopressin Pathways and Joint Attention
Animal Models of Joint Attention
Joint Attention, Gene Interactions, and Genetic Repurposing
Informing the Dimensional Approach to Autism
Autism and Joint Attention
：Development, Neuroscience, and Clinical Fundamentals
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