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Uta Frith

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German developmental psychologist

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Dame Uta Frith 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.

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2015BBC 100 Women
2014Jean Nicod Prize
2013William James Fellow Award
2012Honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2007Samuel Torrey Orton award
2004honorary doctorate of the University of York
2003Jean-Louis Signoret Prize
1990Presidents' Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge
Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Fellow of the British Academy
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Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society

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Dame Uta Frith 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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Born 1941 · age 85
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