Neuroscience
Dr. Leon Eisenberg, Pioneer in Autism Studies, Dies at 87
By BENEDICT CAREY
Published: September 24, 2009
"Dr. Eisenberg conducted some of the first rigorous studies of autism, attention deficit disorder and learning delays."
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“Leon took a very courageous stand and denounced the way psychiatry treated children, this whole system in which we had a few rich kids and their parents getting psychoanalysis five days a week and still not being cured,” said C. Keith Conners, a professor emeritus in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University. “No one even knew what a cure looked like. He had this conviction that nothing was being done for the bulk of children who needed help, and that we had very little scientific data to guide us.”
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- Obit: Dr. Mark Rosenzweig
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- Obit: Dr. Leon Thal, Alzheimer Research Leader
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Neuroscience
Obit: Dr. Leon Eisenberg
Dr. Leon Eisenberg, Pioneer in Autism Studies, Dies at 87
By BENEDICT CAREY
Published: September 24, 2009
"Dr. Eisenberg conducted some of the first rigorous studies of autism, attention deficit disorder and learning delays."
[snip]
“Leon took a very courageous stand and denounced the way psychiatry treated children, this whole system in which we had a few rich kids and their parents getting psychoanalysis five days a week and still not being cured,” said C. Keith Conners, a professor emeritus in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University. “No one even knew what a cure looked like. He had this conviction that nothing was being done for the bulk of children who needed help, and that we had very little scientific data to guide us.”
[snip]
Read the full article
- Is It Really True That Therapists Don't Improve With Experience?
When choosing a therapist, you’d be forgiven for wanting someone with plenty of experience. But then you might well be unaware of all the studies that, to psychotherapy’s embarrassment, have failed to find any association between therapist experience...
- Obit: Dr. Mark Rosenzweig
Mark Rosenzweig, pioneer in brain plasticity, learning and hearing, has died at 86 UCBerkeley News By Yasmin Anwar, Media Relations | 03 August 2009 Read the full report BERKELEY — Mark R. Rosenzweig, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University...
- Brain Banks
From the CBC: Brain banks: Crucial for research, clamouring for donors Last Updated: Monday, September 22, 2008 | 7:56 AM ET By Gloria Troyer CBC News Read the full article [snip] Brain banks. The work they do is not widely publicized — most people...
- Obit: Dr. Leon Thal, Alzheimer Research Leader
From today's San Diego Union-Tribune: Pioneering Alzheimer's scientist at UCSD dies Thal led efforts to find therapies for the disease By Cheryl Clark and Sandra Dibble UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS San Diego Union-Tribune February 5, 2007 Dr....
- The Insula Is Making Headlines!
From a report in The New York Times about the neuroscience of smoking: Scientists Tie Part of Brain to Urge to Smoke By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: January 25, 2007 [snip] The insula, for years a wallflower of brain anatomy, has emerged...