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Autism
is subject of lectures at BSGU
In observance of Brain Awareness Day, three distinguished
scholars will give presentations about autism on Friday
(March 19) on campus.
Two Bowling Green researchers and a University of Michigan
psychiatrist will speak at the 7 p.m. program in the Bowen-Thompson
Student Union Theater. Sponsored by University’s
J.P. Scott Center for Neuroscience, Mind & Behavior
and the departments of psychology and biological sciences,
the program is free and open to the public.
Lynne Hewitt, communication disorders, will give a presentation
titled “Communicative Development in Autism: Research
to Practice.” Hewitt’s research interests
and expertise are in child language development and disorders,
particularly the relationship between language and cognition.
Jaak Panksepp, a BGSU Distinguished Research Professor
Emeritus of psychology, will speak on “The Psychology
of Social Affiliation: Animal Models of Autism.”
Panksepp is an internationally known neuroscientist who
has done significant research on autism. His latest book,
The Textbook of Biological Psychiatry, was released by
Wiley Publishers last October.
The final speaker, Dr. Luke Tsai, M.D., will offer “An
Update on Neurobiological Findings and Treatments: Implications
for Autism Spectrum Disorder.” Tsai is a professor
of psychiatry and pediatrics and director of the Development
Disorders Clinic at the University of Michigan School
of Medicine. He is the author of several books, including
Taking the Mystery Out of Medications in Autism/Asperger's
Syndromes, published in 2001 by Future Horizons.
The Autism Society of America describes autism as a complex
developmental disability that typically appears in children
under 3 years of age. Its cause is still unclear. The
neurological disorder affects how the brain functions
and develops. Those afflicted have difficulty with communication,
social interaction and leisure or play activities. |
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