Autism in Figures
I recently had the opportunity to exchange emails with Carolina Mesko, the content manager for the site Nursedegree.net. This organization has a group of staff members that did research to […]
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Abstracts of the Autism Research Institute’s Think Tank April 12-14, 2013
Attached are summaries of presentations at the resent Autism Research Institute’s Think Tank. The same was held in Baltimore from April 12-14, 2013.In-keeping with the spirit of the Think Tank […]
The Dark Side of Psychoanalysis: 2. John Nathaniel Rosen: Therapy or Outright Patient Abuse?
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 […]
Ultrasound Exposure and Autism: Dr. Manuel F. Casanova, M.D., Cautions Against the Overuse of Ultrasounds
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 Dark Side of Psychoanalysis: 1. John Nathaniel Rosen and the Refrigerator Mothers
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 […]
Teorias psicologicas del autismo
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 Autism Research: John K. Darby, MD
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 […]
Key Players in Autism: IV. The Brainstem
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 […]
Key Players in Autism: III. Brain Weight
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 […]
Autism Research: Distinguishing the good from the bad
Neuropathology is the subspecialty of pathology that studies biopsies or autopsy tissue from the nervous system. The tissue examined includes the central and peripheral nervous system, skeletal muscle and occasionally […]
