This is the second of a three part series on John Nathaniel Rosen. The first part has already been posted: https://corticalchauvinism.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/the-dark-side-of-psychoanalysis-1-john-nathaniel-rosen-and-the-refrigerator-mothers/ The first blog dealt with the concept of “refrigerator […]
Jennifer Margulis and her daughter Leone Francesca Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is a senior fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism. A former Fulbright Fellow and an award-winning journalist, she […]
The term “refrigerator mothers” was probably first applied to autism by Leo Kanner in the late 1940’s when he noted a “genuine lack of maternal warmth”, “parental coldness”, and children […]
Occasionally I will write about people that have made a difference in the world of autism. My first attempt at writing a biographical sketch exalting someone’s lifetime achievements dealt with […]
This year we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Mas Casadevall, a small community in the village of Serinyà, Spain where autistic individuals enjoy life as they work in different workshop […]
Diferentes investigadores han propuesto multiples teorías de origen psicológico con el propósito de explicar la etiología de diferentes enfermedad mentales. Algunas de estas teorias son explicaciones imaginativas para hechos que […]
The early history of research in autism is marked by a paucity of neuropathological studies. In agreement with Descartes dualist theory mental disorders were attributed to the mind and thus […]
In the central nervous system the brainstem links the brain to the spinal cord. This anatomical structure is usually divided into different portions, from top to bottom, these are the […]
It is really fascinating that even after a person has been declared legally dead the cells of his/her brain are still capable of reacting to environmental stimuli. In effect, as […]
Todo el mundo está de acuerdo en que para encontrar la causa del autismo tendremos que enfocar nuestra investigación en el cerebro. Tan sólo mirando directamente al tejido de autopsia […]
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