Neuroscience
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Simon Baron-Cohen argues autism may be on the rise because people with autistic-like traits tend to mate with partners who also have such traits.
One way of solving the cocktail party problem.
Can fish oils improve schoolchildren's exam results? (audio).
Which is the world's happiest nation?
The biggest questions ever asked - New Scientist celebrates its 50th (subscription required).
Mental processes in the human brain - a discussion meeting at the Royal Society (Video). And look out for our forthcoming reports from this event in December's Psychologist magazine.
It's time to rediscover our sense of smell.
- Students With More Autistic Traits Make Fewer Altruistic Choices
Most people with autism have difficulties socialising and connecting with others. It's generally agreed that part of this has to do with an impairment in taking other people's perspective. More specifically, an emerging consensus suggests that...
- Feast
Our round-up of the latest psychology links from around the web: Tips from psychologists on how to maintain focus at work (New York Times). Don't worry, reading the Digest blog definitely counts as work. Facebook users average just 3.74 degrees of...
- The Way Children With Autism Draw People
Drawings of humans by children with autism tend to lack variety, researchers have found, possibly reflecting the unusual way they think about and relate to other people. Anthony Lee and Peter Hobson compared drawings by 14 autistic children (aged 8 to...
- Neurofeedback In Autism
After complaining bitterly about a bad article in NewScientist.com last week, today I'm happy to post a link to another New Scientist story, which discusses a line of very worthwhile research on "brain training" in autism: Brain training can change...
- Autism, Asperger's, And The Dsm By Simon Baron-cohen
The Short Life of a Diagnosis By SIMON BARON-COHEN, Op-Ed Contributor The New Yotk Times Published: November 10, 2009 "Asperger syndrome and autism should be thoroughly tested before being lumped together in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...
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For when you've had enough of journal articles:Simon Baron-Cohen argues autism may be on the rise because people with autistic-like traits tend to mate with partners who also have such traits.
One way of solving the cocktail party problem.
Can fish oils improve schoolchildren's exam results? (audio).
Which is the world's happiest nation?
The biggest questions ever asked - New Scientist celebrates its 50th (subscription required).
Mental processes in the human brain - a discussion meeting at the Royal Society (Video). And look out for our forthcoming reports from this event in December's Psychologist magazine.
It's time to rediscover our sense of smell.
- Students With More Autistic Traits Make Fewer Altruistic Choices
Most people with autism have difficulties socialising and connecting with others. It's generally agreed that part of this has to do with an impairment in taking other people's perspective. More specifically, an emerging consensus suggests that...
- Feast
Our round-up of the latest psychology links from around the web: Tips from psychologists on how to maintain focus at work (New York Times). Don't worry, reading the Digest blog definitely counts as work. Facebook users average just 3.74 degrees of...
- The Way Children With Autism Draw People
Drawings of humans by children with autism tend to lack variety, researchers have found, possibly reflecting the unusual way they think about and relate to other people. Anthony Lee and Peter Hobson compared drawings by 14 autistic children (aged 8 to...
- Neurofeedback In Autism
After complaining bitterly about a bad article in NewScientist.com last week, today I'm happy to post a link to another New Scientist story, which discusses a line of very worthwhile research on "brain training" in autism: Brain training can change...
- Autism, Asperger's, And The Dsm By Simon Baron-cohen
The Short Life of a Diagnosis By SIMON BARON-COHEN, Op-Ed Contributor The New Yotk Times Published: November 10, 2009 "Asperger syndrome and autism should be thoroughly tested before being lumped together in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...