A bibliography by topic giving selected key references from the research literature.
- Amygdala/Limbic system
- Central Coherence
- Constructivism
- DSM Editions
- Executive function/Attention
- Identity
- Information processing theory/sensory integration
- Group work
- Memory
- Neuroscience and autism
- Neuroscience and learning
- Theory of mind (ToM)
- Time/Temporality
- Working memory
Information Processing Theory/Sensory Integration
Williams, D. L., Minshew, N. J., & Goldstein, G. (2008). Memory within a complex information processing model of autism. In J. Boucher & D. Bowler (Eds.), Memory in autism: Theory and evidence (pp. 125-142). Cambridge University Press.
Theory of Mind
Baron-Cohen, S., & Belmonte, M. K. (2005). Autism: A window onto the development of the social and the analytical brain. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 28, 109-126.
Bowler, D. M. (1992). ‘Theory of Mind’ in Asperger’s Syndrome. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 33(5), 877-893.
Happé, F. (1994). Autism: An introduction to psychological theory. Psychological Press.
Neihart, M. (2000). Gifted children with Asperger’s syndrome. Gifted Child Quarterly, 44(4), 222-230.
Ozonoff, S., Pennington, B. F., & Rogers, S. J. (1991). Executive function deficits in high-functioning autistic individuals: Relationship to theory of mind. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 32(7), 1081-1105.
Central Coherence
Baron-Cohen, S., & Belmonte, M. K. (2005). Autism: A window onto the development of the social and the analytical brain. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 28, 109-126.
Happé, F. (1994). Autism: An introduction to psychological theory. Psychological Press.
Happe, F., & Frith, U. (2006). The weak coherence account: Detail-focused cognitive style in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 36(1) , p. 5-25.
Executive Function/Attention
Attwood, T. (2007). The complete guide to Asperger’s Syndrome. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Gagné, R. M. (1974). Essentials of learning for instruction. The Dryden Press, Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Happé, F., Booth, R., Charlton, R., & Hughes, C. (2006). Executive function deficits in autism spectrum disorders and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Examining profiles across domains and ages. Brain and Cognition, 61(1), 25-39.
Jacobsen, P. (2005). Understanding how Asperger children and adolescents think and learn: Creating manageable environments for AS students. Jessica Kingsley.
Ozonoff, S., Pennington, B. F., & Rogers, S. J. (1991). Executive function deficits in high-functioning autistic individuals: Relationship to theory of mind. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 32(7), 1081-1105.
Amygdala/Limbic System
Baron-Cohen, S., Ring, H. A., Bullmore, E. T., Wheelwright, S., Ashwin, C., & Williams, S. C. R. (2000). The amygdala theory of autism. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 24(3), 355-364.
Group work
Golding, M. M. (1997, 2012). Beyond compliance: The importance of group work in the education of children and young people with autism. In S. Power & R. Jordan (Eds.), Autism and learning: A guide to good practice (pp. 40-53). Routledge.
McMahon-Coleman, K., & Draisma, K. (2016). Teaching university students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A guide to developing academic capacity and proficiency. Jessica Kingsley.
DSM editions
APA. (1980). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (3rd ed.). American Psychiatric Association.
APA. (1987). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (3rd revised ed.). American Psychiatric Association.
APA. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.). American Psychiatric Association.
APA. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (Text Revision) (4th ed.). American Psychiatric Association.
APA. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5 (5th ed.). American Psychiatric Association.
APA. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5-TR (Text Revision ed.). American Psychiatric Association.
Working memory
Steele, S., Minshew, N. J., Luna, B., & Sweeney, J. (2007). Spatial working memory deficits in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(4), 605-612.
Memory
Boucher, J. (2007). Memory and generativity in very high functioning autism. Autism, 11(3), 255-264.
Boucher, J., & Mayes, A. (2012). Memory in ASD: Have we been barking up the wrong tree? Autism, 16(6), 603-611.
Bowler, D. M., Gardiner, J. M., & Berthollier, N. (2004). Source memory in adolescents and adults with Asperger’s Syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34(5), 533-542.
Crane, L., & Goddard, L. (2008). Episodic and semantic autobiographical memory in adults with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(3), 498-506.
Frith, U., & Happé, F. (1999). Theory of mind and self-consciousness: What is it like to be autistic? Mind & Language, 14(1), 82-89.
Gardiner, J. M. (2001). Episodic memory and autonoetic consciousness: A first-person approach. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 356(1413), 1351-1361.
Gardiner, J. M. (2001). On the objectivity of subjective experiences of autonoetic and noetic consciousness. Paper presented at Memory, Consciousness, and the Brain: The Tallinn Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Gardiner, J. M. (2008). Concepts and theories of memory. In J. Boucher & D. Bowler (Eds.), Memory in autism: Theory and evidence (pp. 3-20). Cambridge University Press.
Grandin, T. (2006). Thinking in pictures and other reports from my life with autism (2nd ed.). Vintage Books, Random House.
Gras-Vincendon, A., Mottron, L., Salame, P., Bursztejn, C., & Danion, J.-M. (2007). Temporal context memory in high-functioning autism. Autism, 11(6), 523-534.
Hill, E., Berthoz, S., & Frith, U. (2004). Cognitive processing of own emotions in individuals with autistic spectrum disorder and in their relatives. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34(2), 229-235.
Hurlbutt, K., & Chalmers, L. (2002). Adults with autism speak out: Perceptions of their life experience. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 17(2), 103.
Johnson, M. K., & Chalfonte, B. L. (1994). Binding complex memories: The role of reactivation and the hippocampus. In D. L. Schacter & E. Tulving (Eds.), Memory systems of 1994 (ebook ed., pp. 311-350). MIT Press.
Lind, S. E. (2010). Memory and the self in autism. Autism, 14(5), 430-456.
Lind, S. E., & Bowler, D. M. (2008). Episodic memory and autonoetic consciousness in autistic spectrum disorders: The roles of self-awareness, representational abilities and temporal cognition. In J. Boucher & D. Bowler (Eds.), Memory in autism: Theory and evidence (pp. 166-187). Cambridge University Press.
Lombardo, M. V., Barnes, J. L., Wheelwright, S. J., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2007). Self-referential cognition and empathy in autism. PLoS One, 2(9), e883.
Markowitsch, H. J., & Staniloiu, A. (2011). Memory, autonoetic consciousness, and the self. Consciousness and Cognition, 20(1), 16-39.
Meyer, J. A., & Minshew, N. J. (2002). An update on neurocognitive profiles in Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 17(3), 152-160.
Minshew, N., Meyer, J. A., & Goldstein, G. (2002). Abstract reasoning in autism: A dissociation between concept formation and concept identification. Neuropsychology, 16(3), 327-334.
Newman, C., Cashin, A., & Waters, C. D. (2010). A modified hermeneutic phenomenological approach toward individuals who have autism. Research in Nursing & Health, 33(3), 265-271.
Norris, N. (2014). A new perspective on thinking, memory and learning in gifted adults with Asperger syndrome: Five phenomenological case studies. PhD Thesis, University of Wollongong, Wollongong. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4242/
Northoff, G., Heinzel, A., de Greck, M., Bermpohl, F., Dobrowolny, H., & Panksepp, J. (2006). Self-referential processing in our brain–A meta-analysis of imaging studies on the self. NeuroImage, 31(1), 440-457.
Schacter, D. L., & Tulving, E. (1994). What are the memory systems of 1994? In D. L. Schacter & E. Tulving (Eds.), Memory systems 1994 (ebook ed., pp. 1-38). MIT Press.
Tulving, E. (1985). Memory and consciousness. Canadian Psychology, 26(1), 1-12.
Tulving, E. (1989). Remembering and knowing the past. American Scientist, 77(4), 361-367.
Tulving, E., & Markowitsch, H. J. (1998). Episodic and declarative memory: Role of the hippocampus. Hippocampus, 8(3), 198-204.
Vandekerckhove, M. M. P. (2008). Memory, autonoetic consciousness and the self: Consciousness as a continuum of stages. Self and Identity, 8(1), 4-23.
Wheeler, M. A., Stuss, D. T., & Tulving, E. (1997). Toward a theory of episodic memory: The frontal lobes and autonoetic consciousness. Psychological Bulletin, 121(3), 331-354.
Williams, D. (2010). Theory of own mind in autism. Autism, 14(5), 474-494.
Williams, D. L., Minshew, N. J., & Goldstein, G. (2008). Memory within a complex information processing model of autism. In J. Boucher & D. Bowler (Eds.), Memory in autism: Theory and evidence (pp. 125-142). Cambridge University Press.
Williams, E. (2004). Who really needs a ‘theory’ of mind?: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the autobiographical writings of ten high-functioning individuals with an autism spectrum disorder. Theory & Psychology, 14(5), 704-724.
Wilson, A., & Ross, M. (2003). The identity function of autobiographical memory: Time is on our side. Memory, 11(2), 137-149.
Zukauskas, P. R., Silton, N., & Assumpcao Francisco Baptista, J. (2009). Temporality and Asperger’s syndrome. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 40(1), 85-106.
Identity
Carrington, S., Papinczak, T., & Templeton, E. (2003). A phenomenological study: The social world of five adolescents who have Asperger’s syndrome. Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities, 8(3), 15-20.
Cashin, A., Gallagher, H., Newman, C., & Hughes, M. (2012). Autism and the cognitive processing triad: A case for revising the criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 25(3), 141-148.
Crane, L., & Goddard, L. (2008). Episodic and semantic autobiographical memory in adults with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(3), 498-506.
Frith, U., & Happé, F. (1999). Theory of mind and self-consciousness: What is it like to be autistic? Mind & Language, 14(1), 82-89.
Grandin, T. (2006). Thinking in pictures and other reports from my life with autism (2nd ed.). Vintage Books, Random House.
Hill, E., Berthoz, S., & Frith, U. (2004). Cognitive processing of own emotions in individuals with autistic spectrum disorder and in their relatives. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34(2), 229-235.
Hurlbutt, K., & Chalmers, L. (2002). Adults with autism speak out: Perceptions of their life experience. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 17(2), 103.
Lind, S. E. (2010). Memory and the self in autism. Autism, 14(5), 430-456.
Lind, S. E., & Bowler, D. M. (2008). Episodic memory and autonoetic consciousness in autistic spectrum disorders: The roles of self-awareness, representational abilities and temporal cognition. In J. Boucher & D. Bowler (Eds.), Memory in autism: Theory and evidence (pp. 166-187). Cambridge University Press.
Lombardo, M. V., Barnes, J. L., Wheelwright, S. J., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2007). Self-referential cognition and empathy in autism. PLoS One, 2(9), e883.
Markowitsch, H. J., & Staniloiu, A. (2011). Memory, autonoetic consciousness, and the self. Consciousness and Cognition, 20(1), 16-39.
Meyer, J. A., & Minshew, N. J. (2002). An update on neurocognitive profiles in Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 17(3), 152-160.
Minshew, N., Meyer, J. A., & Goldstein, G. (2002). Abstract reasoning in autism: A dissociation between concept formation and concept identification. Neuropsychology, 16(3), 327-334.
Newman, C., Cashin, A., & Waters, C. D. (2010). A modified hermeneutic phenomenological approach toward individuals who have autism. Research in Nursing & Health, 33(3), 265-271.
Northoff, G., Heinzel, A., de Greck, M., Bermpohl, F., Dobrowolny, H., & Panksepp, J. (2006). Self-referential processing in our brain–A meta-analysis of imaging studies on the self. NeuroImage, 31(1), 440-457.
Tanweer, T., Rathbone, C. J., & Souchay, C. (2010). Autobiographical memory, autonoetic consciousness, and identity in Asperger syndrome. Neuropsychologia, 48(4), 900-908.
Vandekerckhove, M. M. P. (2008). Memory, autonoetic consciousness and the self: Consciousness as a continuum of stages. Self and Identity, 8(1), 4-23.
Williams, E. (2004). Who really needs a ‘theory’ of mind?: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the autobiographical writings of ten high-functioning individuals with an autism spectrum disorder. Theory & Psychology, 14(5), 704-724.
Wilson, A., & Ross, M. (2003). The identity function of autobiographical memory: Time is on our side. Memory, 11(2), 137-149.
Time/temporality
Gras-Vincendon, A., Mottron, L., Salame, P., Bursztejn, C., & Danion, J.-M. (2007). Temporal context memory in high-functioning autism. Autism, 11(6), 523-534.
Lind, S. E., & Bowler, D. M. (2008). Episodic memory and autonoetic consciousness in autistic spectrum disorders: The roles of self-awareness, representational abilities and temporal cognition. In J. Boucher & D. Bowler (Eds.), Memory in autism: Theory and evidence (pp. 166-187). Cambridge University Press.
Vandekerckhove, M. M. P. (2008). Memory, autonoetic consciousness and the self: Consciousness as a continuum of stages. Self and Identity, 8(1), 4-23.
Wilson, A., & Ross, M. (2003). The identity function of autobiographical memory: Time is on our side. Memory, 11(2), 137-149.
Zukauskas, P. R., Silton, N., & Assumpcao Jr., F. B. (2009). Temporality and Asperger’s syndrome. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 40(1), 85-106.
Constructivism
Brown, J. S., Collins, A., & Duguid, P. (1989). Situated cognition and the culture of learning. Educational Researcher, 18(1), 32-42.
Lincoln, Y. S., & Guba, E. G. (2013). The constructivist credo. Left Coast Press.
Thayer-Bacon, B. J. (2000). Transforming critical thinking: Thinking constructively. Teachers College Press, Columbia University.
Neuroscience and autism
Face Recognition
Kleinhans, N., Richards, T., Sterling, L., Stegbauer, K., Mahurin, R., Johnson, L., Greenson, J., Dawson, G., & Aylward, E. (2008). Abnormal functional connectivity in autism spectrum disorders during face processing. Brain. 2008, 131, 1000-1012.
Pelphrey, K. A., Morris, J. P., & McCarthy, G. (2005). Neural basis of eye gaze processing deficits in autism. Brain, 128, 1038-1048.
van Kooten, I. A. J., Palmen, S. J. M. C., von Cappeln, P., Steinbusch, H. W. M., Korr, H., Heinsen, H., Hof, P. R., van Engeland, H., & Schmitz, C. (2008). Neurons in the fusiform gyrus are fewer and smaller in autism. Brain, 131(4), 987-999.
Brain functional connectivity and activation
Frith, U. (2004). Confusions and controversies about Asperger syndrome. [Emanuel Miller Lecture]. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45(4), 672-686.
Mostofsky, S. H., Powell, S. K., Simmonds, D. J., Goldberg, M. C., Caffo, B., & Pekar, J. J. (2009). Decreased connectivity and cerebellar activity in autism during motor task performance. Brain, 132(9), 2413-2425.
O’Connor, K., & Kirk, I. (2008). Atypical social cognition and social behaviours in autism spectrum disorder: A different way of processing rather than an impairment. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(10), 1989-1997.
Steyaert, J., & De La Marche, W. (2008). What’s new in autism? European Journal of Pediatrics, 167(10), 1091-1101.
Neuroscience and learning
Immordino-Yang, M. H., & Damasio, A. R. (2007). We feel, therefore we learn: The relevance of affective and social neuroscience to education. Mind, Brain & Education, 1(1), 3-10.
Immordino-Yang, M. H., & Fischer, K. W. (2011). Neuroscience bases of learning. In V. G. Aukrust (Ed.), Learning and cognition in education (pp. 9-15). Elsevier.