Caveats to the Nature-Nurture Debate on Autism
How much of a condition can be explained by environmental influences and how much can be explained by genetic factors? This has been an outdated polemic within the life sciences […]
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The Neurodiversity Argument: Good Intentions Resting on a Shaky Scientific Foundation
Neurodiversity is a movement that offers a perspective about autism that differs from that espoused by the medical profession. The ideology seems rooted in the anti-psychiatry movement ( see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-psychiatry […]
Our Latest Study: The Link between Mobile Element Content and Autism-risk Genes
Why are there so many risk genes for autism? Can we explain the large number based on a commonality? Despite the push for heterogeneity, our latest result suggests that a […]
Autism: what have we learned from the dyslexia movement
A month or so ago I had the opportunity to give a presentation in a conference on Dyslexia and Talent hosted by Brock and Fernette Eide. The conference was attended […]
Similarities between the brains of autistic individuals and some renowned neuroscientists
Human beings have long dwelled on their paradoxical superiority over other animals. Physically we are weaker and, overall, less adapted to the environment than other species. One might reasonably presume […]
The Need for Further Studies on the Safety of Prenatal Ultrasound
The blog reviews some of the pertinent history on ultrasound, how the technique was deregulated, and potential dangers from misusing the same. The message is not to avoid using the […]
Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism
What is the nature of a pervasive developmental disorder of childhood? I usually tell my residents and fellows that “pervasive” in the context of diagnosis means that many different cognitive […]
The Dark Side of Psychoanalysis: 3. John Nathaniel Rosen: Fraud
This is the third part of a series on John Nathaniel Rosen and psychoanalysis. The first 2 can be found at: 1) https://corticalchauvinism.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/the-dark-side-of-psychoanalysis-1-john-nathaniel-rosen-and-the-refrigerator-mothers/ and 2) https://corticalchauvinism.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/the-dark-side-of-psychoanalysis-2-john-nathaniel-rosen-therapy-or-outright-patient-abuse/ The first blog dealt […]
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 […]
