Congress on Cortical Evolution in 2018
I was honored to be named as a guest speaker in the upcoming congress on Cortical Evolution 2018. The same will be celebrated in the Canary Islands, birthplace of my […]
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The Brain in Autism: Part I
This was originally provided as a handout to accompany my presentation “Abnormalities of cortical circuitry in the brains of autistic individuals” at the Autism One conference in May, 2006. Introduction […]
Internal sensory stress and discomfort/pain in autism
The following is an editorial written by my good friend Steve Edelson (http://bit.ly/2kFrI5e). It recently appeared published in Autism Research Review International (Volume 30, Number 4), a quarterly publication of […]
Infograph on autism and dyslexia
The following is an infograph summarizing some of our research as related to autism and dyslexia. The same was provided to me by a graduate student and mother of a […]
Dyslexia and autism: Cognitive profiles at the tail-ends of the same spectrum
As part of my research I have had the opportunity to work with individuals labelled as neurodevelopmentally disabled. I have been able to study their cognitive profiles, neuroimaging studies and […]
Translating TMS from Autism Science to Autism Therapy
The following is a blog that I wrote at the request of John Elder Robison. John wanted to know how I became interested in Transcranial Magnetic Simulation (TMS) and what […]
The War on Autism
In the field of autism advocacy some proponents believe that using terms like “War on Autism” is a pejorative term that emphasizes violence. For those that believe that they do […]
Abnormalities in the size of cortical modules in autism: are they wider or narrower?
Several weeks ago a good friend of mine, Alycia Haladay, asked me to write a criticism of Steven Chance’s recently published article in Brain. The criticism would be posted as […]
Brain Organoids and Autism
There is no such thing as a cell culture of single neurons. Neurons in order to survive and differentiate need the presence of other neurons, so a threshold number of […]
Vernon Mountcastle: The Father of Neuroscience
Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, Jr “The Father of Neuroscience” (1918-2015) It is a sad day today as I learned about the passing away of Vernon Mountcastle last Sunday. Most of my […]
