Beschreibung:
Digby Tantam
Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1: What is Nonverbal Communication, and How Does it Affect Us? 2: What is the Importance of Gaze and Shared Attention? 3: What do People Make of Nonverbal Communication? 4: What is the Evidence that Impaired Nonverbal Communication is the Fundamental Problem in Autistic Spectrum Disorder? 5: Is an Impairment of Nonverbal Communication a Brain Problem? 6: What are the Consequences of Lving with an Impairment in Nonverbal Communication? 7: Nonverbal Communication as a Tool to Understanding and Moving Forward. 8: Can Society Afford People with ASD? Revisited. References. Index.
Tantam explores current theories on nonverbal communication and how it shapes social behaviour, and the evidence for it being impaired in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). He shows how knowledge of this difference can be used to overcome some of the impairments in nonverbal communication in people with ASD.