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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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invaluble for understanding the true cause of autism
no annecdotal nonsense here. Dr Bauman a Harvard neurologist who has studied the brains of those with autism for years. Her voluminous research dispels the causal myths of autism. Her evidence shows that the assault to the primitive brain affecting the limbic system and cerebellum manifesting as autism happens prenatally.
Published on April 7, 2007 by Constance Porter
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6 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
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A futile approach
An elusive and complex disorder is how autism is presented in this book. That's absolutely right, but I don't think this book even begins to give a clue as to the nature of autism. I think the approach has a lot to be desired: We have to assume that the nervous system evolved in order to gratify basic drives. In higher animals, basic drives are refined into complex...
Published on May 25, 2006 by random reader
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
invaluble for understanding the true cause of autism,
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This review is from: The Neurobiology of Autism (The Johns Hopkins Series in Psychiatry and Neuroscience) (Hardcover)
no annecdotal nonsense here. Dr Bauman a Harvard neurologist who has studied the brains of those with autism for years. Her voluminous research dispels the causal myths of autism. Her evidence shows that the assault to the primitive brain affecting the limbic system and cerebellum manifesting as autism happens prenatally.
6 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A futile approach,
By random reader (Long Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Neurobiology of Autism (The Johns Hopkins Series in Psychiatry and Neuroscience) (Hardcover)
An elusive and complex disorder is how autism is presented in this book. That's absolutely right, but I don't think this book even begins to give a clue as to the nature of autism. I think the approach has a lot to be desired: We have to assume that the nervous system evolved in order to gratify basic drives. In higher animals, basic drives are refined into complex emotions. So, what do the neurobiologists say? According to them, autism is a neurobiological problem, but not an emotional one! That's worse than just getting things bass-ackwards. It's being stubbornly reductionist and deliberately obtuse.
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The Neurobiology of Autism (The Johns Hopkins Series in Psychiatry and Neuroscience) by Dr. Margaret L. Bauman MD (Paperback - July 21, 1997)
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