Celebrating the Career of a Great Scientist and Friend

Aging and the Brain, Alzheimer’s, Brain Fitness, Brain Plasticity, Brain Science, Cognitive impairments, Neuroscience, Posit Science

I spent the last 3 days in Oslo, attending the 80th birthday party (a scientific “festschrift”) of an esteemed scientist and friend, Kirsten Osen. It’s a long trip from San Francisco to Oslo, and back—about 15 hours in transit each way. The scientific agenda for this meeting, focusing on the primary research interests of Professor…

Autism on the rise; additional factors?

Autism Origins, Treatments, Brain Fitness, Brain Science, BrainHQ, Childhood Learning, Cognitive Impairment in Children, Cognitive impairments, Hearing, Language Development, Neuroscience, Reading and Dyslexia

We have earlier discussed factors that our research has indicated may have contributed to the increased incidence of Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Whatever factors are contributing to the growing incidence must have three qualities: 1) They must be increasing in human environments. 2) They must be widely distributed on the planet. 3) They must be (collectively)…