Uta Frith
Dame Uta Frith , DBE (* May 25, 1941 in Rockenhausen as Uta Aurnhammer ) is a German developmental psychologist , neuroscientist and autism researcher who works at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London . Her main research interests are autism and dyslexia .
Life
Uta Frith studied art history for a few semesters in Saarbrücken , then switched to psychology and received her intermediate diploma in 1964. Two years later she received her Diploma in Abnormal Psychology from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of London . In 1968 she received her PhD on autism from King's College London . From 1968 to 2006 she worked as an MRC scientist. After her habilitation in 1996, she took up a professorship for cognitive development at University College London , which she has held as an emeritus professorship since 2006 . In 2007 she took on an endowed research professorship at Aarhus University , where she is involved in the “Interacting Minds” project.
Services
Frith developed a graduation of the written language acquisition : 1st level: logographic, 2nd level: alphabetical and 3rd level: orthographic.
She influenced the work of Simon Baron-Cohen and Tony Attwood .
She translated a work by Hans Asperger from 1944 on the Asperger syndrome, which was later named after him, into English in 1991.
Her husband Chris Frith is also a neuroscientist.
Awards and memberships (selection)
- 1992: Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2001: Fellow of the British Academy
- 2003: Jean Louis Signoret Prize
- 2005: Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2008: Member of the Leopoldina
- 2009: European Latsis Prize
- 2012: Order of the British Empire
- 2012: Member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2014: Member of EMBO
She is an honorary doctor of the University of Gothenburg and the Universities of St Andrews , Cambridge , Nottingham and York .
Fonts (selection)
- Autism: Explaining the Enigma. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford 2003, ISBN 0-631-22901-9 .
- Autism - Mind and Brain. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-852924-4 .
- Autism and Asperger syndrome. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1991, ISBN 0-521-38608-X .
- with Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: The Learning Brain: Lessons for Education. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford 2005, ISBN 1-4051-2401-6 .
- with Gilles Trehin: Urville. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London 2006, ISBN 1-84310-419-9 .
- Cognitive Processes in Spelling. Academic Press, London 1983, ISBN 0-12-268662-4 .
- with Rab Houston: Autism in History: The Case of Hugh Blair of Borgue. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford 2000, ISBN 0-631-22088-7 .
- Autism. A very short introduction. OUP, Oxford 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-920756-5 .
- H. Asperger (with comments by U. Frith): Autistic psychopathy 'in childhood. (1944). In: U. Frith (Ed.): Autism and Asperger syndrome. Cambridge University Press, 1991, ISBN 0-521-38608-X , pp. 37-92.
Web links
- Literature by and about Uta Frith in the catalog of the German National Library
- Uta Frith's website
- Uta Frith on the University College London website ( Memento from February 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- Uta Frith in the AcademiaNet database of renowned women scientists
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christa Dürscheid : Introduction to Script Linguistics. V&R , 2006
- ↑ Directory of members: Uta Frith. Academia Europaea, accessed on November 6, 2017 (English, with biographical and other information).
- ^ Fellows Directory: Uta Frith. Royal Society, accessed November 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Uta Frith (with picture and CV) at the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina , accessed on July 6, 2016.
- ^ Honorary awards
- ↑ EMBO enlarges its membership for 50th anniversary. Press release from May 8, 2014 at the Science Information Service (idw-online.de)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frith, Uta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aurnhammer, Uta (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German developmental psychologist and professor in London |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rockenhausen |