Aprendizaje y el autismo
El contar historias es una de las intervenciones terapéuticas que han probado tener algún beneficio en el autismo. La motivacion para utilizar la narración de historias es la de facilitar […]
Archivos Mensuales: mayo 2014
Andrew Wakefield: mass delusions and conspiracy theories
I really appreciate Terri and Ed Arranga for inviting me to AutismOne 2014. I know they are thoroughly convinced of the role of vaccines in autism; a point of view […]
Barack Obama’s letter to IMFAR 2014
The White House Washington May 7, 2014 I send greeting to all those attending the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR). Millions around the world live on the autism spectrum, […]
Una diferencia en perspectivas: el problema con los neurotipicos
En artículos anteriores (ver http://bit.ly/1iT0BJq ), he escrito sobre diferencias en la conectividad del cerebro (llamada el “connectome”) que confiere al individuo autista con un perfil cognitivo particular, es decir, […]
The best presentation at IMFAR2014: Marsha Mailick
It is difficult to read about autism in the newspaper nowadays without the article including the photograph of a young autistic child. The focus of the photograph is so much […]
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy for autism consensus conference
With five congresses to attend in May and 4 more in June my head has started to spin. However, I am hoping to enjoy the experience as all of the […]
Declan Murphy at IMFAR 2014
This was the start of the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) and the opening speaker was a my good friend Declan Murphy from the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s […]
Los zombies, la teoria de la mente y el autismo
Si te falta el sueño o si estás aburrido puede que te encuentres medio dormido mientras lees este blog. Freud diría que muchos de nuestros problemas personales se esconden en […]
Storytelling, learning, and autism
Storytelling is part of the therapeutic interventions that have been tried in autism. The idea for using storytelling is to facilitate language skills and increase attention in autistic children. These […]
Ludwig Wittgenstein echa por tierra la teoria de la mente en el autismo
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein nació el 26 de abril de 1889 en Viena, Austria a una familia de grandes recursos económicos. Tres de sus hermanos se suicidaron y el propio […]
Cortical Chauvinism 