Nature: Special issue on neuroscience: The autism enigma
Posted Nov 05 2011 12:16pm
The journal Nature has a special focus issue this week on autism. They introduce the issue in: Special issue on neuroscience: The autism enigma with the subtitle “Diagnoses and research funding are rising, but much about autism remains a puzzle. Nature seeks some truths.”
Articles in the issue include:
The mind’s tangled web (“Efforts to elucidate how genes and the environment shape the development of autism, although making progress, still fall far short of their goal.”)
The prevalence puzzle: Autism counts (“Shifting diagnoses and heightened awareness explain only part of the apparent rise in autism. Scientists are struggling to explain the rest.”)
Scientists and autism: When geeks meet (“Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen thinks scientists and engineers could be more likely to have a child with autism. Some researchers say the proof isn’t there.”)
Changing perceptions: The power of autism (“Recent data — and personal experience — suggest that autism can be an advantage in some spheres, including science, says Laurent Mottron.”)
and:
Autism’s fight for facts: A voice for science (“Convinced by the evidence that vaccines do not cause autism, Alison Singer started a research foundation that pledges to put science first.”)
The journal Nature has a special focus issue this week on autism. They introduce the issue in: Special issue on neuroscience: The autism enigma with the subtitle “Diagnoses and research funding are rising, but much about autism remains a puzzle. Nature seeks some truths.”
Articles in the issue include:
The mind’s tangled web (“Efforts to elucidate how genes and the environment shape the development of autism, although making progress, still fall far short of their goal.”)
The prevalence puzzle: Autism counts (“Shifting diagnoses and heightened awareness explain only part of the apparent rise in autism. Scientists are struggling to explain the rest.”)
Scientists and autism: When geeks meet (“Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen thinks scientists and engineers could be more likely to have a child with autism. Some researchers say the proof isn’t there.”)
Changing perceptions: The power of autism (“Recent data — and personal experience — suggest that autism can be an advantage in some spheres, including science, says Laurent Mottron.”)
and:
Autism’s fight for facts: A voice for science (“Convinced by the evidence that vaccines do not cause autism, Alison Singer started a research foundation that pledges to put science first.”)
With a link to Nature’s autism page: www.nature.com/autism .
I have no idea how I feel about this.
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