RE: Carnegie-Mellong Symposium-Dev&Brain Systems in Autism

[Guest guest]

I would love an update on this after the symposium. Will anyone on this list

have access to the info presented there, that can post it here?

Kristy

[Guest guest]

Such a rouse! The majority of the NIH research budget and resources go

to imaging and genetics work which to date yields noting to help

affected kids now. And some day in the distant future when we know a

little about differences in brain function and genetics its hard pressed

to even make it applicable. There needs to be as much effort put into

effective treatments, environmental triggers (including diet), and

PREVENTION as there is in this arcane world of imaging and genetics...so

what!...this helps no one now.

Ray

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Groundbreaking findings on autism to be presented at Carnegie Mellon

international symposium

PITTSBURGH--Today's autism research draws on a variety of scientific

disciplines, from genetics to functional magnetic resonance imaging

(fMRI) to neural development. At the 35th Carnegie Symposium on

Cognition, " Development and Brain Systems in Autism, " 16 of the world's

most prominent autism researchers will present their latest

groundbreaking findings on the disorder and discuss the direction of

future study that will continue to improve scientists' understanding of

autism.

The symposium, hosted by the Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon

University, will take place Oct. 17-18 in the on Wing, Baker Hall.

" As scientific inquiry sheds more light on the fundamental nature of

autism, the work being done in particular fields, such as genetics and

brain imaging, begins to inform investigation and discoveries in other

relevant areas, " said Marcel Just, the D.O. Hebb Professor of Psychology

at Carnegie Mellon, who is one of the symposium's organizers. " The

presentations at this symposium will highlight the value that these

interdisciplinary approaches hold for future autism research. "

The symposium will provide a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge

autism research and how different disciplines inform research in other

areas. A number of fascinating projects will be discussed, including a

follow-up study of Hans Asperger's original patients from the 1940s,

along with a description of the brain basis of the social difficulties

in autism, and an investigation of how autism emerges in a child's

behavior even before the child is diagnosed.

" The researchers presenting at this symposium are the pre-eminent

investigators in the field, " Just said. " Their investigations provide

surprising new answers to several of the longstanding puzzles of autism.

For example, how is someone very competent at visual perception tasks,

yet rather awkward socially? How is it that a year-old toddler seems

within the normal range, but shows clear symptoms of autism at the age

of two? How is it that each part of the brain of a person with autism is

rather typical, but the system as a whole behaves atypically? "

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For more information, and to view the symposium's complete program,

please visit the Web site: http://www.psy.cmu.edu/autismsymposium.

<http://www.psy.cmu.edu/autismsymposium.>

About Carnegie Mellon: Carnegie Mellon is a private research university

with a distinctive mix of programs in engineering, computer science,

robotics, business, public policy, fine arts and the humanities. More

than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive an education

characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for

real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation. A small

student-to-faculty ratio provides an opportunity for close interaction

between students and professors. While technology is pervasive on its

144-acre Pittsburgh campus, Carnegie Mellon is also distinctive among

leading research universities for the world-renowned programs in its

College of Fine Arts. A global university, Carnegie Mellon has campuses

in Silicon Valley, Calif., and Qatar, and programs in Aia, Australia and

Europe. For more, see www.cmu.edu <http://www.cmu.edu

<http://www.cmu.edu> >.

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I see where you're coming from - I think that when they ignore the connection

with Autism to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which has 25+ years of research.  The

one good thing about the genetics study is that so many of those genes are

linked to the immune system's function, so that really does back up the

hypothesis.  The CFIDS community is also doing genetic research so the two

connections ought to be come clearer soon, I hope.

 

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Groundbreaking findings on autism to be presented at Carnegie Mellon

international symposium

PITTSBURGH-- Today's autism research draws on a variety of scientific

disciplines, from genetics to functional magnetic resonance imaging

(fMRI) to neural development. At the 35th Carnegie Symposium on

Cognition, " Development and Brain Systems in Autism, " 16 of the world's

most prominent autism researchers will present their latest

groundbreaking findings on the disorder and discuss the direction of

future study that will continue to improve scientists' understanding of

autism.

The symposium, hosted by the Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon

University, will take place Oct. 17-18 in the on Wing, Baker Hall.

" As scientific inquiry sheds more light on the fundamental nature of

autism, the work being done in particular fields, such as genetics and

brain imaging, begins to inform investigation and discoveries in other

relevant areas, " said Marcel Just, the D.O. Hebb Professor of Psychology

at Carnegie Mellon, who is one of the symposium's organizers. " The

presentations at this symposium will highlight the value that these

interdisciplinary approaches hold for future autism research. "

The symposium will provide a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge

autism research and how different disciplines inform research in other

areas. A number of fascinating projects will be discussed, including a

follow-up study of Hans Asperger's original patients from the 1940s,

along with a description of the brain basis of the social difficulties

in autism, and an investigation of how autism emerges in a child's

behavior even before the child is diagnosed.

" The researchers presenting at this symposium are the pre-eminent

investigators in the field, " Just said. " Their investigations provide

surprising new answers to several of the longstanding puzzles of autism.

For example, how is someone very competent at visual perception tasks,

yet rather awkward socially? How is it that a year-old toddler seems

within the normal range, but shows clear symptoms of autism at the age

of two? How is it that each part of the brain of a person with autism is

rather typical, but the system as a whole behaves atypically? "

###

For more information, and to view the symposium's complete program,

please visit the Web site: http://www.psy. cmu.edu/autismsy mposium.

<http://www.psy. cmu.edu/autismsy mposium.>

About Carnegie Mellon: Carnegie Mellon is a private research university

with a distinctive mix of programs in engineering, computer science,

robotics, business, public policy, fine arts and the humanities. More

than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive an education

characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for

real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation. A small

student-to-faculty ratio provides an opportunity for close interaction

between students and professors. While technology is pervasive on its

144-acre Pittsburgh campus, Carnegie Mellon is also distinctive among

leading research universities for the world-renowned programs in its

College of Fine Arts. A global university, Carnegie Mellon has campuses

in Silicon Valley, Calif., and Qatar, and programs in Aia, Australia and

Europe. For more, see www.cmu.edu <http://www.cmu. edu

<http://www.cmu. edu> >.