Michaelangelica Posted June 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 An interesting lectureAGE OF AUTISM: Part 1 David Kirby's Autism One Presentation: Metals, Myelin & Mitochondria Pathways to Autism? NEWS SEARCH of the week Drawn from top recent searches by your colleagues Social cognitive deficits link people with mild autism and relatives with BAP Given a comprehensive battery of neuropsychological tests, both high-functioning people with autism and their relatives who show broad autism phenotype (BAP) share one psychological parameter most strongly: a deficit in social cognition, the ability to "read" psychological states from human faces or bodily motions. This result from a new report in Archives of General Psychiatry pinpoints social cognition in autism as an important variable in genetic and brain studies. http://www.searchmedica.com/search.do?q=autism+phenotype&useraction=search&ss=defLink&fr=true&c=ps&cid=smps-news-060209 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemit Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Part of my training as a journalist was to be willing to ask stupid questions. I think I have a great one here. I am impressed by this very thoughtful discussion of the causes of and potential cures for autism, but what's it doing in the Political Science forum? Like I said, I'm trained to ask dumb questions. I'll try to read all the dumb answers. Thanks. --lemit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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