Uta Frith
Developmental psychologist and professor
Uta Frith is a developmental psychologist and emeritus professor at University College London, known for her research on autism and dyslexia.
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German Born 1941 in Rockenhausen, Germany
About Uta Frith
Born in Germany in 1941, Uta Frith is a German-British developmental psychologist. She is Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Development at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London. She helped pioneer current research on autism and dyslexia, developing and testing theories about the behaviors that characterize them. In Autism: Explaining the Enigma, she offers an introduction to the cognitive neuroscience of autism. She is credited with creating the Sally–Anne test with Alan Leslie and Simon Baron-Cohen. She has mentored students including Tony Attwood, Simon Baron-Cohen and Francesca Happé. She has also presented several documentaries on television and received the European Latsis Prize in 2014.