Some months ago, Jonathan Green and his colleagues simultaneously published (in the Lancet) and presented (at IMFAR 2010) their multi-site RCT of an early autism intervention. In conducting and reporting the Pre-school Autism Communication Trial, they have made autism research history. They have done so simply by applying to autistics scientific standards that are well-established in non-autism n
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January 22, 2010
Psychologists Use Non-Expert Student Observers In Autism Research
Non-expert is not often a term that one would associate with scientific research, but it could become a new trend in psychology research. Some recent studies have begun to rely on non-expert students to observe and provide data during experiments. In a research project about early autism detection in infants, Dr...
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November 19, 2009
A Challenge To Autism Researchers
Autism research. Having a vested interest, I watch it closely. But looking at the latest batch of "newsworthy" releases -- I find myself frustrated. Is this the best we can do? The latest to get the lion's share of attention, is the Kennedy Krieger Institute study documented in the latest issue of Neurology, which tells us that there is a correlation between autism spectrum diso
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October 31, 2009
The epigenetics of Autism: Oxytocin factor and implications for schizophrenia
Image via WikipediaAutism is a hard disorder to nail down genetically- single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) or even multiple locus genetic effects are not able to account for the large genetic component to the disorder. In recent times, Copy number variations (CNVs) has come to the forefront of Autism research , suggesting that microdeletions, duplications etc [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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