Here is what I am reading today: language as a window into sociability “People with Williams syndrome-known for their indiscriminate friendliness and ease with strangers-process spoken language differently from people with autism spectrum disorders-characterized by social withdrawal and isolation-found researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.” yoga and mood Read more…
Here are a couple of interesting articles I found today: oxytocin: it’s a mom and pop thing! ” The hormone oxytocin has come under intensive study in light of emerging evidence that its release contributes to the social bonding that occurs between lovers, friends, and colleagues. Oxytocin also plays an important Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: autism linked to multisensory integration ‘The study, which appears in the August 17 online issue of Autism Research, supports decades of clinical and anecdotal observations that individuals with ASD have difficulty coping with multiple sources of sensory information. The Einstein finding offers new Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: Chimps, behavior and their genes “Thirty-five years ago, researchers studying chimpanzees in the wild noticed that neighboring communities had distinct grooming behaviors that could not be explained by differences in their environments. They contended that these behavioral idiosyncrasies were learned, or “cultural,” and Read more…
My children claim that somehow their Dad and I brainwashed them into thinking that there was no choice but to be highly educated. When Kristin was about 7, she asked me if I would be mad at her if she didn’t get a Ph.D. I asked her if she even Read more…