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While studying drug abuse and addiction, researchers at the Ohio State University College of Medicine have found a link between nicotine addiction and autism. Neurexins are proteins that, along with neurologins, are thought to play a key role in the formation and functioning of synapses, of connections between nerve cells. In the new study, a […]
8 to 11 year olds who studied either piano or a string instrument for a minimum of three years outperformed children with no musical training in auditory discrimination, finger dexterity, verbal ability and non-verbal reasoning. Science Daily reports on a study published in the October 29th PLoS One.
Yes, Charlie has been practicing……….
Tags: asd, asperger, autism, […]
A gene linked to susceptibility to autism, CNTNAP2, has also been connected to specific language impairment, the most common childhood language disorder, as reported yesterday in Reuters. The study, A Functional Genetic Link between Distinct Developmental Language Disorders, is published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Specific language impairment involves difficulties with language and, […]
Sensory processing is the topic of a presentation at the May 20089 IMFAR conference (International Meeting for Autism Research), as well as of a number of poster presentations. Here’s the description for a segment (#148 in the Program Book) on “Sensory Processing:The Interface of Research and Clinical Practice”:
Sensory differences are commonly reported in people […]
Phonagnosia is the inability to recognize voices, yesterday’s Science Daily reports. A case study published in Neuropsychologia reports on “KH,” who is
……unable to recognise people by their voice, including her own daughter whom she has great difficulty identifying over the phone. The woman, known as KH, avoids answering the phone where possible, and for many […]
I’ve been teaching some of my Latin students how to scan Latin poetry—-how to figure out the meter by identifying long and short syllables, elisions of vowels, when there’s a pause for a breath (caesura). One student commented that he likes scanning more than translating and it is a different sort of way of dealing […]
A new research study states (per the October 15th Science Daily):
People with autism-related disorders are less likely to make irrational decisions, and are less influenced by gut instincts.
The study is published in the Journal of Neuroscience, and was funded by the Wellcome Trust. Professor Ray Dolan’s group at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at […]
No, we don’t “got milk” here; my small family all got sick this week; we’ve always got hope.
Got Autism? (asks PETA)
PETA puts up a billboard in Newark NJ and takes it down.
Is That a Tattoo With……Your Mom’s Cell Number?
Of Safety Tats and other ways to keep a child safe.
McCarthy’s, Er, “Autism” Pole
Jenny […]
We began the week with Monday in Manhattan and ended it with dinner and a walk across the Hudson River. Inbetween:
Simon Baron-Cohen on “Disorder,” “Cure,” and Autism
Says Baron-Cohen: “The word ‘disorder’ is too negative. I use the word “condition” – autism can be disabling, but not all of its features involve disability. Some of […]
Tracking eye movements has been described as a new way to detect autism in infants; researchers have also found that, when autistic children look at faces with animated expressions, they tend to focus on the eyes and mouth. A study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry has found that determining whether a toddler focuses […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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