Since its initial description, the concept of autism has been firmly rooted within the
conventional medical paradigm of child psychiatry. Increasingly, there have been calls from …

Criticality is the singular state of complex systems poised at the brink of a phase transition
between order and randomness. Such systems display remarkable information-processing …

COVID-19 has become pandemic [1] and many government decrees have declared
restrictive measures in order to prevent its wider spread. For parents and children, staying at …

Perception and perceptual decision-making are strongly facilitated by prior knowledge about
the probabilistic structure of the world. While the computational benefits of using prior …

The concept of autism is a significant contribution from child psychiatry that has entered
wider culture and public consciousness, and has evolved significantly over the last four …

This review considers computational psychiatry from a particular viewpoint: namely, a
commitment to explaining psychopathology in terms of pathophysiology. It rests on the …

Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental condition, and little is known about its
neurobiology. Much of autism research has focused on the social, communication and …

'Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements' are characterised as core features in the
diagnosis of autism, yet many autistic adults (and the neurodiversity movement) have …

Fueled by developments in computational neuroscience, there has been increasing interest
in the underlying neurocomputational mechanisms of psychosis. One successful approach …

Based on Francesca Happé's best-selling textbook, Autism: An Introduction to Psychological
Theory, this completely new edition provides a concise overview of contemporary …