Autism Archives - BrainHQ from Posit Science https://www.brainhq.com/blog/category/autism/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 18:18:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 2020 and Beyond! https://www.brainhq.com/blog/2020-and-beyond/ Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:47:25 +0000 https://dev-bhq.pantheonsite.io/?p=17691 Looking back at 2020, it was clearly hard year for many of us—but on the glass half-full side of things, it was a great year for scientific research on the efficacy of brain training. In just that one year, 57 scholarly articles were published on BrainHQ exercises and assessments (a pace of more than one…

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]]> How Meditation Helps Me Manage My Asperger’s Syndrome https://www.brainhq.com/blog/guest-post-how-meditation-helps-me-manage-my-aspergers-syndrome/ Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:53:19 +0000 https://blog.brainhq.com/?p=5577 Editor’s note: Today we are excited to share a guest post from Kathleen Carter. Kathleen is a teen living with Asperger’s Syndrome. She enjoys educating her peers and others about AS. She does so by writing proudly about how her life differs from other people her age. She is so grateful to have the opportunity to write…

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]]> Autistic Savant Daniel Tammet on "Different Ways of Knowing" https://www.brainhq.com/blog/personal-hero-autistic-savant-daniel-tammet-speaks-about-different-ways-of-knowing/ Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:26:25 +0000 http://blog.positscience.com//?p=3327 Daniel Tammet is a self-described high functioning autistic savant with a mastery of language.

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]]> Brain Plasticity & Brain Fitness with Dr. Michael Merzenich https://www.brainhq.com/blog/our-brain-awareness-session-on-brain-plasticity-brain-fitness-with-dr-michael-merzenich/ Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:01:51 +0000 http://blog.positscience.com//?p=2937 A few days ago, we hosted a Q&A session on Facebook about brain plasticity and brain fitness with Posit Science founder Dr. Michael Merzenich. For those who missed the discussion and prefer to read it in transcript form, I’ve re-posted it here. Question: I would love to know what Dr. Merzenich thinks about brain plasticity…

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]]> Stephen Wiltshire’s Amazing Brain https://www.brainhq.com/blog/stephen-wiltshires-amazing-brain/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:44:24 +0000 http://blog.positscience.com//?p=2004 I happened across this video of Stephen Wiltshire, an autistic man whose ability to remember incredible detail and draw it with near perfection is extraordinary. If he flies in a helicopter over a city just once, he can recreate the city perfectly in a drawing. The buildings have the right number of columns and windows.…

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]]> Personal Hero: Temple Grandin https://www.brainhq.com/blog/personal-hero-temple-grandin/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:13:34 +0000 http://blog.positscience.com//?p=838 People have been talking about Temple Grandin quite a bit lately, partly because HBO recently released an original movie about her life and achievements starring Claire Danes. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, I highly recommend it. (If you don’t have HBO, you can make a note to check it out when it’s released…

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