Uta Frith

Uta Frith

German developmental psychologist (born 1941)

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Biography

Dame Uta Frith (née Aurnhammer; born 25 May 1941) 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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Career highlights

Employers / organisations

  • University College London
  • Medical Research Council

Family

Awards & honours (13)

  • Fellow of the Royal Society
  • Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
  • Samuel Torrey Orton award
  • William James Fellow Award
  • Jean-Louis Signoret Prize
  • Jean Nicod Prize
  • Presidents' Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge
  • Fellow of the British Academy
  • EMBO Membership
  • BBC 100 Women
  • honorary doctorate of the University of York
  • Honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society

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Uta Frith is 85 years old (born May 25, 1941).
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Uta Frith was born on May 25, 1941.
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Uta Frith was born in Rockenhausen.
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Uta Frith's zodiac sign is Gemini.
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Uta Frith is a citizen of Germany.
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Uta Frith is known as psychologist, university teacher, neuroscientist.
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According to Wikidata, Uta Frith's spouse is or was Chris D. Frith.

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