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May 23, 2013

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10:08 PM | Teeth and Weaning and Neanderthal… OH MY!

Weaning in primates is a fascinating process in which ingestion of mother’s milk, as a proportion of daily dietary intake, incrementally declines as the infant ages. From moment to moment, this exquisite negotiation of nipple access between mother and infant can vary in relation to food availability, maternal style, and the compelling power of the infant demand (aka weaning tantrum). Oh and lots of other factors can influence the weaning process too.Field Museum, […]

May 22, 2013

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12:24 PM | La dislexia, desordenes de atencion, y el autismo

¿Cuál es la naturaleza de un trastorno generalizado del desarrollo? Yo les digo a mis residentes y estudiantes que “generalizado” en el contexto de un diagnóstico hace incapie en que […]

May 20, 2013

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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 […]

May 16, 2013

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2:52 PM | Características neuroanatómicas y neuropatológicas del autismo

El siguiente artículo es una lectura dictada para un curso online de Maestría en Trastornos del Espectro Autista. El mismo fue iniciado hace par de años bajo el auspicio de […]

May 14, 2013

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11:45 AM | Guest Post by Dr. Manuel Casanova: “All about Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation”

The following is based on an interview/blog that I did at the request of Ms. Emily Williams. Guest Post by Dr. Manuel Casanova: "All about Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation".

May 12, 2013

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12:47 PM | Mother Butter

My younger brother and I were, at times, somewhat enthusiastic and not terribly […]

May 09, 2013

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11:49 AM | The Need for Further Studies on the Safety of Prenatal Ultrasound

The Need for Further Studies on the Safety of Prenatal Ultrasound.

May 08, 2013

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1:13 PM | La Epidemiologia del Autismo

El siguiente artículo es una lectura dictada para un curso online de Maestría en Trastornos del Espectro Autista. El mismo fue iniciado hace par de años bajo el auspicio de [...]

May 06, 2013

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5:48 PM | Dyslexia, Attention Deficity 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 [...]

May 02, 2013

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1:08 PM | LA DEFINICION DEL AUTISMO

El siguiente artículo es una lectura dictada para un curso online de Maestría en Trastornos del Espectro Autista. El mismo fue iniciado hace par de años bajo el auspicio de [...]

April 29, 2013

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12:25 PM | 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) http://corticalchauvinism.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/the-dark-side-of-psychoanalysis-1-john-nathaniel-rosen-and-the-refrigerator-mothers/ and 2) http://corticalchauvinism.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/the-dark-side-of-psychoanalysis-2-john-nathaniel-rosen-therapy-or-outright-patient-abuse/ The first blog dealt [...]

April 25, 2013

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1:52 PM | 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 [...]

April 23, 2013

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1:42 PM | 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 [...]

April 21, 2013

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3:18 PM | Hormones in Mother’s Milk Influence Baby’s Behavior

In March, Nicholas Day at SLATE wrote a column about the science of […]

April 18, 2013

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12:17 PM | 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: http://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 [...]

April 15, 2013

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11:01 AM | 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 [...]

April 10, 2013

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12:18 PM | 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 [...]

April 08, 2013

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11:51 AM | Maria Isabel Bayonas Ibarra: Autism Efforts at the International Level

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 [...]

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9:43 AM | Vleermuizen liefde

Liefde: je ziet iemand die je erg leuk vindt en wilt hem of haar het hof maken. Indruk maken op een potentiële partner is veel voorkomend in het dierenrijk.Een bekend voorbeeld is de pauw met zijn mooie staartveren. Zo zijn…Lees meer ›

April 05, 2013

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11:51 AM | A Little Piece of Heaven for Autistic individuals: Mas Casadevall

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 [...]

April 03, 2013

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12:13 PM | 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 [...]

April 01, 2013

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12:10 PM | 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 with a [...]

March 29, 2013

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12:44 PM | Problemas sensoriales en el autismo

Desde la descripción original de Kanner en los anos 40, se ha prestado muy poca atención a los problemas sensoriales manifiestados por individuos autistas. Estos síntomas no son desconocidos ya [...]

March 28, 2013

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9:49 PM | Milk at the 2013 AAPA & HBA Meetings

Milk, Lactation, & Weaning Presentations at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and Human Biology Association Meetings April 10-13, 2013 in Knoxville, TN. primate art by Rob Elliotsee all of the awesomeness at Monkey MondaysAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGISTSTALKSFRIDAY AFTERNOON Session 35: LIFE HISTORY, REPRODUCTION & ENERGETICS. Ballroom B.3:15-3:30 Rethinking lifetime reproductive effort in humans: does early weaning […]

March 25, 2013

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11:07 AM | 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 [...]

March 20, 2013

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12:34 PM | 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 [...]

March 19, 2013

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10:13 AM | Insect rodeo

Soms lijkt het alsof vrouwen compleet andere wezens zijn. Vaak zijn ze dat ook. We weten allemaal wel wat de fysieke verschillen tussen mannen en vrouwen in mensen zijn, maar de pauw is op dat vlak ook een goed voorbeeld.…Lees meer ›

March 18, 2013

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9:21 PM | Contando con el futro de nuestros hijos autistas: el banco de cerebros

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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2:07 PM | Het succes van insecten en mijn onderzoek naar waarom ze zo succesvol zijn.

Diversiteit en de reden voor het succes. De groep insecten is enorm succesvol, ongeveer 90% van alle soorten meercellige organismen zijn insecten. Er zijn bijna een miljoen soorten insecten beschreven, maar het totaal aantal soorten insecten wordt geschat tussen de…Lees meer ›

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2:06 PM | Wetenschap, communicatie, impact factors en bloggen.

Wetenschap Wetenschap (science), het is iets waar ik vrij recentelijk gek op geworden ben. Maar wat is science? Nou als je het googeled vind je het al snel: science komt van het Latijnse woord “scientia”, wat kennis betekent. Wetenschap gaat…Lees meer ›