| Title |
Why Autism Must be Taken Apart
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10803-013-2030-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lynn Waterhouse, Christopher Gillberg |
| Abstract |
Although accumulated evidence has demonstrated that autism is found with many varied brain dysfunctions, researchers have tried to find a single brain dysfunction that would provide neurobiological validity for autism. However, unitary models of autism brain dysfunction have not adequately addressed conflicting evidence, and efforts to find a single unifying brain dysfunction have led the field away from research to explore individual variation and micro-subgroups. Autism must be taken apart in order to find neurobiological treatment targets. Three research changes are needed. The belief that there is a single defining autism spectrum disorder brain dysfunction must be relinquished. The noise caused by the thorny brain-symptom inference problem must be reduced. Researchers must explore individual variation in brain measures within autism. |
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| United States | 5 | 18% |
| Canada | 3 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 7% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| Kenya | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 15 | 54% |
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| Members of the public | 16 | 57% |
| Scientists | 9 | 32% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
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| Netherlands | 2 | 2% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 106 | 95% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 29 | 26% |
| Researcher | 16 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 9% |
| Other | 23 | 21% |
| Unknown | 12 | 11% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 7% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 15 | 13% |
| Unknown | 14 | 13% |
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