Acquired Savant Syndrome
Probably some 25 years ago I was able to participate in a NIH study where we recruited a group of autistic individuals that had calendar calculating abilities. The idea was […]
Tag Archives: Manuel F. Casanova
Los factores geneticos y ambientales en el autismo
¿Cuánto de una condición puede ser explicada en su totalidad por factores ambientales y cuánto puede explicarse por factores genéticos? Esta ha sido una polémica obsoleta dentro de las ciencias […]
The rising prevalence of autism: lessons learned from the Flynn effect
Average IQ scores during the last 8 decades have increased by some 25 point. This is an incredibly huge gain observable throughout the whole world, including developing countries. If you […]
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 This has been an outdated polemic within the life sciences […]
El movimiento de la neurodiversidad: buenas intenciones pero una pobre base cientifica
La neurodiversidad es una perspectiva sobre el autismo que difiere de la proferida por la profesión médica. La ideología esta enraizada en el movimiento de la antipsiquiatría (ver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-psychiatry) que […]
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 […]
Una Recommendacion Acerca del Libro Escrito por Jonathan Mitchell: The Mu Rhtyhm Bluff
… Porque mi papel es el de una mosca, “el de picar a la gente y azotarlos hasta que enfurezcan, todo al servicio de la verdad”-Sócrates Hace varios años conocí […]
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 […]
La dislexia y el autismo
Un mes atrás tuve la oportunidad de hacer una presentación en una conferencia sobre Dislexia y Talento organizada por Brock y Fernette Eide. La conferencia contó con la participación tanto […]
Jonathan Mitchell: The Mu Rhythm Bluff
…because my role is that of a gadfly, “to sting people and whip them into a fury, all in the service of truth” -Socrates Several years ago I met autism’s […]
