Dr Francesca G Happe BA (hons), PhD
Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience
| contact this person | |
| tel | 020 7848 0928 |
| address | Institute of Psychiatry |
| location | c1.17 MRC, SGDP Centre |
| departments | Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (IRG) Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre (MRC) |
activities and interests
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
publications
Selected publications
Booth, R., Charlton, R., Hughes, C. & Happé, F. (2003) Disentangling weak coherence and executive dysfunction: Planning drawing in Autism and ADHD. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (Special Issue: ‘Autism: Mind and Brain’), 358 (1430), 387-392.
Castelli, F., Frith, C., Happé, F. & Frith, U. (2002) Autism and brain mechanisms for the attribution of mental states to animated shapes. Brain, 125, 1839-49.
Fisher, N. & Happé, F. (in press) A training study of theory of mind and executive function in children with autistic spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Happé, F. (1994) Autism: an introduction to psychological theory. London: UCL Press/Psychology Press. (1995) Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Danish translation (1995) Copenhagen: Hans Reitzels Forlag. Japanese translation (1997) Tokyo: Seiwa Shoten. Spanish translation (1998) Madrid: Alianza Editorial.
Happé, F., Booth, R., Charlton, R. & Hughes, C. (in press) Executive function deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Examining profiles across domains and ages. Brain and Cognition.
Happé, F., Briskman, J. & Frith, U. (2001) Exploring the cognitive phenotype of autism: Weak ‘central coherence’ in parents and siblings of children with autism. I. Experimental tests. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42, 299-307.
Happé, F.G.E., Brownell, H. & Winner, E. (1999) Acquired ‘theory of mind’ impairments following stroke. Cognition, 70, 211-240.
Happé, F., Ehlers, S., Fletcher, P., Frith, U., Johansson, M., Gillberg, C., Dolan, R., Frackowiak, R. & Frith, C. (1996) ‘Theory of mind’ in the brain. Evidence from a PET scan study of Asperger syndrome. NeuroReport, 8, 197-201.
Happé, F. & Frith, U. (in press) The weak coherence account: Detail-focused cognitive style in autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Happé, F. & Loth, E. (2002) ‘Theory of mind’ and tracking speakers’ intentions. Mind and Language, 17, 24-36.
Happé, F., Malhi, G.S. & Checkley, S. (2001) Acquired mind-blindness following frontal lobe surgery? A single case study of impaired ‘theory of mind’ in a patient treated with stereotactic anterior capsulotomy. Neuropsychologia, 39 (1), 83 – 90.
O’Neill, D.K. & Happé, F. (2000) Noticing and commenting on what’s new: differences and similarities among 22-month-old typically developing children, children with Down syndrome, and children with autism. Developmental Science, 3, 457-478.
Ronald, A., Happé, F., Hughes, C., & Plomin, R. (in press). Nice and Nasty Theory Of Mind In Preschool Children: Nature And Nurture. Social Development.
Ronald, A., Happé, F. & Plomin, R. (in press) The genetic relationship between individual differences in social and non-social behaviours characteristic of autism. Developmental Science.
Scheuffgen, K., Happé, F., Anderson, M. & Frith, U. (2000) High “Intelligence”, low “IQ”? Speed of processing and measured IQ in children with autism. Development and Psychopathology, 12, 83-90.
last updated: Thursday, November 03, 2005