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Another misperception about people with autism, says Karen Pierce, a neuroscientist at the University of California at San Diego, is the notion that they do not register faces of loved ones as special--that, in the words of a prominent brain expert, they view their own mother's face as the equivalent of a paper cup. Quite the contrary, says Pierce, who has results from a neuroimaging study to back up her contention. Moreover, the center of activity in the autistic mind, she reported at a conference held in San Diego last November, turns out to be the fusiform gyrus...
...intriguing abnormality has also been found in the cerebellum of both autistic children and adults. An important class of cells known as Purkinje cells (after the Czech physiologist who discovered them) is far smaller in number. And this, believes neuroscientist Eric Courchesne, of the University of California at San Diego, offers a critical clue to what goes so badly awry in autism. The cerebellum, he notes, is one of the brain's busiest computational centers, and the Purkinje cells are critical elements in its data-integration system. Without these cells, the cerebellum is unable to do its job, which...
Since current Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles announced his resignation last month, some Faculty have speculated that Summers will select a humanist to provide balance to an administration led by Summer—an economist—and Provost Steven E. Hyman—a neuroscientist...
Many professors and administrators have speculated that the next dean will be a humanist, to ensure academic balance in an administration led by Summers, an economist, and Provost Steven E. Hyman, a neuroscientist. But committee members said the search is wide-open, looking for well-roundedness and leadership qualities across disciplines...
...distinguished neuroscientist, Hyman said that he will focus on bringing about a reevaluation of undergraduate science education...