Uta Frith

German developmental psychologist · Germany · On the map · Academics · Born 1941 · age 85

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 WomenAward2014Jean Nicod PrizeAward2013William James Fellow AwardAward2012Honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward2007Samuel Torrey Orton awardAward2004Honorary Doctorate of the University of YorkAward2003Jean-Louis Signoret PrizeAward1990Presidents' Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological KnowledgeAward1941Born25 May 1941

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BBC 100 Women2015

Jean Nicod Prize2014

William James Fellow Award2013

Honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire2012

Samuel Torrey Orton award2007

Honorary Doctorate of the University of York2004

Jean-Louis Signoret Prize2003

Presidents' Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge1990

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

About this person

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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Germany