Nieprzewidywalny mózg i nieprzewidywalny świat - zaburzenia ze spektrum autyzmu w ujęciu neuronauk a możliwości terapii

Abstract

The article is an attempt to describe autism spectrum disorders in neurocognitive perspective. Autism-related difficulties in social cognition, such as disturbances in the development of social perception and theories of the mind, were analyzed against various concepts of brain fimctioning, among others the theory of functional blocks by A. Łuria and the theory of social brain. The authors point to the idea that autism can be treated as a neurocognitive disorder of social cognition, which can largely explain the axial symptoms of autism, i.e. social communication disorders and limited, repetitive patterns of behavior, interest, and activity. The above concepts also served as a basis for reflection on the justification for the assumptions and effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapeutic propositions.