- SKU: 9781615048021
- BARCODE: 9781615048021
- VENDOR: BooksCloud
Neuro Adventure: Autism, Art, and the Brain: A Journey into the Autistic Mind through the Paintings of Camila Falchi - Hardcover
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Description
by Elisabete Castelon Konkiewitz (Author), Edward B. Ziff (Author)
This book gives a basic and broad but innovative view of autism.
It seeks to rupture stereotypes and stigmas and starts with the story and paintings of the artist Camila Falchi, who has an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Camila's art is evidence of the complexity of her internal world and its variety of themes, intensity of feelings, daydreaming, fantasy, and dreams. This complexity compels us to question and rethink our perceptions of the autism spectrum, the mind, and creativity. As a neurologist and a neuroscientist, our goal with this book is to disseminate knowledge about autism, its characteristics, and potentials by means of the example of this artist.
Author Biography
Elisabete Castelon Konkiewitz received a medical degree from UNIFESP (São Paulo Federal University) in 1993 and a doctorate in Neurology from the German university Technische Universität München in 2002. She received the title of specialist in Neurology from the Brazilian Academy of Neurology and the title of specialist in Psychiatry from the Brazilian Association of Psychiatry. Since 2008, she has been an associate professor at the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD) in Central West Brazil, where she lectures on neurology, psychiatry and neurobiology and supervises public clinics for Parkinson's disease and for people living with HIV infection. She attends patients with neurologic and psychiatric diseases at her medical practice in Dourados. She has written books and scientific articles in the areas of neuroscience, learning and education, including her book together with Angela Virgolim, Altas Habilidades/Superdotação, Inteligência e Criatividade-Uma Visão Multidisciplinar, which was awarded the prestigious Brazilian Jabuti Prize in 2015 for a book on Education. Dr. Castelon Konkiewitz is a member of UFGD the Health Sciences postgraduate program, researching effects of HIV infection on the brain. She writes about medical and scientific topics in her blog, Neurociências em Debate, and has recorded videos on diverse subjects related to Neurology and Psychiatry, presented on her channel in YouTube. Elisabete practices yoga, and has two sons, Marcelo and Lucas Maurício.
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