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Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States. Georgetown administers 180 academic programs in four undergraduate and three graduate and professional schools, and the programs in international affairs and law are particularly selective and well regarded. In addition to its main campus, renowned for the neo-Romanesque Healy Hall, Georgetown operates a law center on Capitol Hill, as well as auxiliary campuses in Italy, Turkey, and Qatar.

 

 

Last month saw the annual two-week frenzy of student government campaigning at Georgetown University, where candidates plaster campus with fliers and organize campaign talks in hopes of winning enough student support to be elected President and Vice President of the student body. After the candidates held a forum on racial diversity at the Black House and addressed women’s issues and feminism in a separate event, I noticed that the four campaign websites all included discussion of social justice, pluralism, and diversity in the candidates’ platforms, but not one of them addressed disability issues. 

 

As a disabled student, I was disappointed that the issues that would directly affect me were going unaddressed in the campus debates, and so I wrote a six item questionnaire on disability issues specific to Georgetown that I posted to Facebook and emailed to the candidates. I asked candidates how they would advocate for Georgetown to be more accessible to students with all types of disabilities, how they would address a stigmatizing environment toward disabled people, what they would do to support my initiative to form a Disability Cultural Center, and how they would include disabled students in campus leadership and in discussions on disability.

 

Of the five candidate pairs, four sent written responses to the questionnaire; three thanked me for compiling and distributing it; and the largest campus newspaper, The Hoya, published an article on the disability questionnaire and the candidates’ responses.

 

I would never have thought to contact the student government candidates directly had it not been for the training on campus organizing and coalition building that I received during Autism Campus Inclusions’s summer leadership academy last August. If you’re interested in making real change on your campus, you should apply for ACI too.

 

– Lydia Brown, Autism Campus Inclusion 2012 Graduate


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Most people think video games and reading don’t mix, but it turns out a little Halo here and there might actually be effective in treating dyslexia.

 

So says a group of neurologists from Italy’s University of Padua, who found a correlation between a dyslexic child’s visual attention span and their ability to read. The results of their study, published in the most recent edition of Current Biology, indicate that playing video games for just 12 hours is more beneficial than a full year of intense therapy.

 

Not just any game will do, though. To get the most benefits from a console, scientists say the game must be fast-paced, with action games being ideal.

 

Perhaps even more startling was the finding that the improvements were not just short term, but had lasting effects that still outshined traditional therapy.

 

“We tested reading, phonological, and attentional skills in two matched groups of children with dyslexia before and after they played action or nonaction video games for nine sessions of 80 min per day,” the authors said. “We found that only playing action video games improved children’s reading speed, without any cost in accuracy, more so than 1 year of reading development and more than or equal to highly demanding traditional reading treatments. Attentional skills also improved during action video game training.”

 

Researchers studied two groups of 10-year olds: one playing action games and one playing slower-paced titles. Those who picked up the faster-paced games showed a general reading improvement of up to 40 percent, cutting their reading speed almost in half. Players of non-action games showed no noticeable improvement.

 

“Our findings – supported by results showing that attention can be studied and efficiently trained during infancy – pave the way for low-resource-demanding early prevention programs that could drastically reduce the incident of reading disorders,” wrote researchers.

 

Roughly 10 percent of all children suffer from some form of dyslexia. The cause of the disorder is still unknown, but current treatments require significant resources.

 

A positive link between gaming and reading isn’t without precedent. Several studies have linked gaming with improved eyesight and increased focus. In 2007 a professor at the University of Connecticut made waves by using Halo to help teach classic literature.

 

The doctors behind the study note that more research is required into the benefits of gaming for dyslexic patients, but this could open the door for a low-cost way of reducing reading disorders. Sounds like a lot more fun, too.

 

Source:

http://uk.games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/video-games-top-treatment-dyslexia-researchers-184456410.html

Related Articles

 

Dyslexia: Improving Reading and Writing Skills:

https://www.aspie-editorial.com/2011/01/22/dyslexia-improving-reading-and-writing-skills/

 

Teachers Need Greater Awareness of Language Disorders, Research Finds:

https://www.aspie-editorial.com/2011/05/20/teachers-need-greater-awareness-of-language-disorders-research-finds/

 

Widening our Perceptions of Reading, Writing Difficulties:

https://www.aspie-editorial.com/2011/01/22/widening-our-perceptions-of-reading-and-writing-difficulties/



 

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The Canton Journal (the local newspaper from the town in which the Judge
Rotenberg Center is located) is conducting a poll to determine whether
people support the Massachusetts Governor’s efforts to terminate the consent
decree that gives the Judge Rotenberg Center the right to use electric shock
to control residents’ behavior. So far the responses have been about even.
The poll is quick to take. It’s wording is a little odd:

 

Sen. Brian A. Joyce applauded Governor Deval Patrick’s effort to get a
1987 court order overturned allowing the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton to
continue to use aversive therapies, like electric shocks, on disabled
children. Do you agree with Joyce?

 

If you agree that the use of electric shock for behavior control should be
eliminated; please click below and vote “yes”.

 

http://www.wickedlocal.com/canton/x1551253715#axzz2LrVLeM8e



 

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An appreciation for art is one of the transcendent values of life, and a great source of happiness, but like many transcendent values, it can sometimes be hard to wedge into your ordinary day.

 

Here are some tips for getting some visual art into your daily routine, without spending a lot of time, energy, or money.

 

1. Check out art books from the library. Art books are very expensive, but at the library, you can enjoy as many as you want, for free.

 

2. Here’s a brilliant suggestion from a reader: When she’s at a museum, she buys postcards of her favorite works of art. She keeps a big stack of these masterpiece postcards, and from time to time, puts a new bunch in the sun visor of her car. When she’s stuck in traffic, she pulls them out and looks at them.

 

3. Enjoy picture books. We tend to look at picture books only when we’re around very young children, but picture books can be such a source of joy. I wrote a series of posts for the New York TimesMotherlode blog about my love of picture books.

 

4. Don’t feel like you have to spend hours in a museum.  My family has become members of several museums, so we can visit as often as we like, and for as long or as short a time as we like, without having to pay extra. I find that I like visiting museums much more when I go often, and for a short time.

 

5. Treat a a store like an art gallery. Visit some outrageously exquisite store, or even a department store or hardware store, without the expectation of purchase — just to enjoy the items there. Added bonus: in a store, you can touch and handle objects. A few months ago, I spent a good five minutes running my hands over a fake-fur throw during a trip to Bloomingdale’s. Extremely satisfying.

 

6. Make something yourself. There’s a great pleasure in making something by hand — even something as basic as sticking cloves into an orange to make a pomander ball. During high school, I made dozens of pomander balls. Find out something you’d like to make, and set aside time and space to do it.

 

7. Use sites like Pinterest or Instagram. It’s funny — one way of laying claim to a beautiful object is to take a photograph of it. Taking photos of beautiful sights, or “pinning” them, is a very satisfying way to engage with the world, and then you can look back with great pleasure on all your images. Your own gallery. (You can follow me on Pinterest and Instagram, if you’re curious to see what I’m choosing.)

 

Source:

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2013/02/24/bring-art-into-your-everyday-life-7-tips-to-art-it-up/


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When Morning Sickness Lasts All Day

 
Feb. 26, 2013 — Severe nausea during pregnancy can be fatal, yet very little is known about this condition. Hormonal, genetic and socio-economic factors may all play a role.

 

Almost all women experience some nausea or vomiting when pregnant. Approximately one out of every hundred suffers from acute nausea during pregnancy (hyperemesis gravidarum) and may need hospital treatment to restore hydration, electrolytes and vitamins intravenously.

 

“At worst, women may die if they go untreated. Many women find that the condition has an adverse effect on their work and family lives,” states Ã…se Vikanes, senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and specialist in gynaecology and obstetrics.
 
Making up for insufficient research activity
Hyperemesis came under the spotlight earlier this winter when Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, was hospitalised because of it.
 
But research projects on this illness have been few and far between. When Dr Vikanes completed her doctoral degree in 2010 with funding from the Research Council of Norway, her thesis was the first in this field in Norway in 70 years.
 
“This is a relatively common affliction among women and even so it has been difficult to win understanding for the need for research. Not too many years ago, people sincerely believed that the cause could be the woman’s subconscious rejection of the child and the child’s father. The attitude in part has been that the pregnant woman needs to pull herself together,” Ã…se Vikanes explains.
The real cause behind severe nausea during pregnancy remains unknown and looks to be complex. But there is little to support the idea that the explanation is psychological. Both hormones and genetics involved

 
Several studies have shown that elevated levels of oestrogen and the pregnancy hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), may be involved. The likelihood is that hormonal, genetic and socio-economic factors all play a part.


 

Taking Care of Yourself When You’re Depressed

 

By  
Associate Editor

 

Self-care is often the last thing on your mind when you’re struggling with depression. It takes energy and “a sense that you want to be around tomorrow” to tend to your needs, said Therese Borchard, author of Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes.

 

But the very nature of depression is draining. “A depressed person is exhausted, hopeless, and usually not all that concerned about the future.”

 

Deborah Serani, Psy.D, a clinical psychologist who’s experienced depression since childhood, described the fatigue as a “knuckle-dragging, heavy-limbed, bone-weary, energy-zapping exhaustion.” Depression also causes groggy and slow thinking, “which makes it hard to kick-start problem solving skills.”

 

But, as both experts stressed, self-care is a salve for depression.

 

According to Serani, author of the book Living with Depression, “tend[ing] to your mind, body and soul is vital for healing depression or any illness for that matter.” Self-care “shortens the time between relapses. In fact, it makes relapsing less likely,” Borchard said.

 

Self-care gives you the strength and the foundation to start applying the necessary tools to treat your depression, Serani said.

 

These are several simple but meaningful ways you can practice self-care, even when that’s the last thing you want to – or can – do.

 

Read More …

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2013/02/21/taking-care-of-yourself-when-youre-depressed/

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Psychiatric Applications For Scopolamine

 

Article Date: 15 Feb 2013 – 0:00 PST

 

Scopolamine is an anticholinergic drug with many uses. For example, it prevents nausea, vomiting, and motion sickness. 

 

However, scopolamine is re-emerging as anantidepressant, with recent studies showing that scopolamine can rapidly improve mood in depressed patients. In addition, in a new study published in Biological Psychiatry this month by Dr. Moriel Zelikowsky and colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles, it may also be a possible treatment for anxiety disorders. 

 

Exposure therapy, where the key goal is the elimination of fear through repeated ‘safe’ exposure to the threat, is commonly employed for the treatment of anxiety disorders. However, its effectiveness is diminished because humans and animals alike tend to be very sensitive to context, causing extinction learning to be dependent on the environment in which it occurs. This makes memories formed during extinction unstable. As a result, extinguished fears commonly return when people put themselves in new situations.

 

Read in Full:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256328.php

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: A New Electrical Treatment for Depression?

 

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When electricity and the brain are mentioned in the same sentence, your mind might immediately jump to disturbing images of people receiving huge shocks while covered in electrodes, strapped to tables.

 

But electroconvulsive therapy(ECT) treatment has developed considerably since the days depicted in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”  A current study at JAMA Psychiatryexamines a treatment called transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS).

 

Could this fairly new form of electrical treatment for depressionreally be effective — and without the negative side effects of ECT?

 

This new treatment, which involves stimulating the brain with a weak electrical current, is starting to be considered as an alternative — and potentially effective — treatment for depression.  tDCS, unlike traditional ECT, passes only a weak electrical current into the front of the brain through electrodes on the scalp.

 

Patients receive the treatment once a day for 30 minutes and remain awake and alert during the entire procedure.

 

Why is New Treatment for Depression So Essential?

 

Depression in adulthood remains a common and often under-treated condition.

 

Depression can occur at any age, but it typically emerges in the mid-20s. Women experience depression twice as frequently as men, and symptoms can vary from mild to severe. Major depressive disorder, which may be diagnosed when depressive symptoms last for 2 weeks or more, is understood to occur in 15 to 17 percent of the population.

 

Read in Full:

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2013/02/06/transcranial-direct-current-stimulation-a-new-electrical-treatment-for-depression/

Diabetes + Depression = Increased Risk of Death, Review Finds

 

Feb. 20, 2013 — People living with diabetes who also have untreated depression are at increased risk of death, according to a new evidence review in General Hospital Psychiatry.

 

More than 42,000 patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes and depression were analyzed in the review. The reviewers discovered that depression was associated with a 1.5 fold increase in the risk of dying. In four of the studies reviewed, co-morbid depression was linked to about a 20 percent higher risk of cardiovascular death for people with diabetes.

 

Diabetes affects 25.8 million people in the U.S., according to the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet, and about 30 percent of these people also experience symptoms of depression.

 

Read in Full:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130221104200.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmind_brain%2Fdepression+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Mind+%26+Brain+News+–+Depression%29

Recalling Good Times May Reduce Depression

 

By  Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on February 26, 2013

 
A new strategy to improve mood may help people who suffer from depression. The approach calls on the recollection of positive day-to-day experiences.

 

Researchers have learned that remembering or recalling concrete, detailed memories that are positive or self-affirming can help to improve the mood of people with a history of depression.

 

Unfortunately, it’s this kind of vivid memory for everyday events that seems to be dampened for people who suffer from depression.

 

In the new study, Tim Dalgleish, Ph.D., of the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and colleagues hypothesized that a well-known method used to enhance memory — known as the “method-of-loci” strategy — might help depressed patients to recall positive memories with greater ease.

 

Read in Full:

http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/02/26/recalling-good-times-may-reduce-depression/51969.html


Untreated Depression Linked to Less Effectiveness of Shingles Vaccine

 

By  Associate News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on February 17, 2013

 
A new study has found a link between untreated depression in older adults and decreased effectiveness of the herpes zoster, or shingles, vaccine.

 

Older adults are known to be at risk for shingles, a painful condition caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, researchers said, noting more than 1 million new cases occur each year in the U.S. The vaccine boosts immunity to the virus and can decrease the incidence and severity of the condition.

 

In a two-year study, led by Dr. Michael Irwin at the University of California-Los Angeles, researchers measured the immune responses to the shingles vaccination among 40 subjects aged 60 or older with a major depressive disorder and compared their responses to similar levels in 52 control patients matched by age and gender. Measurements were taken at baseline, then at six weeks, one year, and two years after the patients received the shingles vaccine or a placebo.

 

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Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. Updated: Feb 15th 2013

 

There is a natural tendency to think of abuse as physical or verbal violence against another person, either a child, wife or husband. Generally, most people think in terms of violence against women. Yet, there is another type of abuse that might be considered violence even though it is somewhat different. Specifically, I am referring to “reproductive coercion.” Reproductive coercion comes in many forms. Sometimes a man will poke holes in a condom unbeknownst to his lover, resulting in pregnancy. Sometimes the lover will use violence or the threat of violence to force his partner into pregnancy. There have even been cases in which the man pulls the IUD out of the woman’s vagina before having unprotected sex. By the way, this is certainly a violent and dangerous thing to do. Sometimes, reproductive coercion involves pressuring a lover into having a baby they do not wish to have. In fact, in all of these cases, the lover is very specific in not wanting a child. One of the motivations for doing this is to keep a relationship going by having a baby. In other words, it’s a kind of entrapment whereby the presence of a baby allows a lover to keep control over his partner. This can and does result in multiple pregnancies. The fact is that, by sabotaging birth control, not only is pregnancy being forced upon a woman, but she is exposed to the possibility of sexually transmitted disease. In effect, reproductive coercion is an example of violence against women.

 
Read in Full:
 
Article Date: 17 Feb 2013 – 0:00 PST

 

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the University of Houston has found a new way to influence the vital serotonin signaling system – possibly leading to more effective medications with fewer side effects. 

 

Scientists have linked malfunctions in serotonin signaling to a wide range of health issues, everything from depression and addictions to epilepsy and obesity and eating disorders. Much of their attention has focused on complex proteins called serotonin receptors, which are located in the cell membrane. Each receptor has a so-called “active site” specially suited to bond with a serotonin molecule; when that bond is formed, the receptor changes shape, transmitting a signal to the cell’s interior.

 

Read in Full:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256396.php

Abstinence Can Lift Drinking-Induced Depression

 

By  Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on February 13, 2013

 
A new study clarifies that heavy drinking can lead to mood problems that often result in depression.
 
Although experts have long known that heavy drinking can spur temporary episodes of depression — what’s known as “substance-induced depression” — the new research shows the prevalence and clinical importance of the phenomenon.
 
The study is found in the March issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
 
“I don’t know that the average person realizes that heavy drinking can induce mood problems,” said lead researcher Marc A. Schuckit, M.D., of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

 
Read in Full:
http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/02/13/abstinence-can-lift-drinking-induced-depression/51558.html

Avatars Reduce Depression Rates in Young Adults

 

By  Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on February 12, 2013

 
Mental health problems in young adulthood are often ignored or neglected, a function of reluctance to seek treatment because of the stigma, inadequate insurance coverage, or a difficulty in finding a mental health care provider.

 

New research at Case Western Reserve University suggests depression symptoms may be significantly reduced when 18- to 25-year-olds interact with computerized avatars.

 

The avatars are virtual 3D images of a healthcare provider like a nurse practitioner or physician. The interaction provides young adults a way to rehearse office visits ahead of time and learn self-management skills.

 
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Yoga Helps Relieve Depression, Sleep Problems

 

By  Associate News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on January 26, 2013

 
Practicing yoga may help relieve the symptoms of several types of mental disorders, according to a new review.
 
Researchers compiled the findings of 16 significant studies that examined the effects of yoga on mental illness. 
 
The results conclude that yoga may offer positive effects for people withdepression and sleep problems even if they don’t take medication, as well as for individuals with schizophreniaand attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who are taking medication.
 
No benefit was found, however, for people with eating or cognitive disorders.
 
Yoga research has suggested that the practice positively influences chemical messengers in the brain, inflammation in the body, and other biological factors in much the same way as antidepressants andpsychotherapy, said study researcher Dr. P. Murali Doraiswamy, a professor of psychiatry and medicine at Duke University Medical Center.
 



 

The Link Between Schizophrenia and Heart Disease

 

By  Associate News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on February 2, 2013

 
A new study further confirms the biological and genetic links between heart (or cardiovascular) disease and schizophrenia.

 

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death in schizophrenia patients, who die from heart and blood vessel disorders at twice the rate of people without the mental disorder.

 

“These results have important clinical implications, adding to our growing awareness that cardiovascular disease is under-recognized and under-treated in mentally ill individuals,” said study first author Ole Andreassen, M.D., Ph.D., an adjunct professor at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and professor of psychiatry at the University of Oslo.

 
“Its presence in schizophrenia is not solely due to lifestyle or medication side effects. Clinicians must recognize that individuals with schizophrenia are at risk for cardiovascular disease independent of these factors.”

 

For the study, an international team of researchers used a novel statistical model to magnify the powers of genome-wide association studies (GWAS).

 

These are studies in which differing bits of sequential DNA — called single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs — in persons and groups are compared to find common genetic variants that might be linked to a trait or disease.

 

The researchers further enhanced the power of GWAS by adding information based on genetic pleiotropy — the concept that at least some genes influence multiple traits, instead of a single trait.

 

“Our approach is different in that we use all available genetic information for multiple traits and diseases, not just SNPs below a given statistical threshold,” said principal investigator Anders M. Dale, Ph.D.
 
Read in Full:
http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/02/02/the-link-between-schizophrenia-and-heart-disease/51112.html

Age-Related Decline in IQ Linked to Schizophrenia Risk

 

By  Associate News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on February 23, 2013

 
A person who is at greater risk for developing schizophrenia is more likely to experience a decline in IQ with age. 

 

This may happen even if the person does not go on to develop the disorder, say scientists at the University of Edinburgh.

 

Schizophrenia is a rare but serious psychiatric disorder, usually beginning in late adolescence, and is characterized by hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, cognitive impairment, social withdrawal, self-neglect and loss of motivation and initiative.

 

It has been shown that genetic factors influence the development of the disorder.

 

“Retaining our thinking skills as we grow older is important for living well and independently. If nature has loaded a person’s genes towards schizophrenia, then there is a slight but detectable worsening in cognitive functions between childhood and old age,” said Professor Ian Deary, director of the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Cognitive Aging and Cognitive Epidemiology.

 

Using genetic analysis techniques, the researchers compared the IQ scores of more than 1,000 people from Edinburgh.  The participants were tested for general cognitive functions in 1947, at age 11, and again when they were about 70 years old.

 

Read in Full:

http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/02/24/age-related-decline-in-iq-linked-to-schizophrenia-risk/51885.html



 

Giving a Voice to Kids With Down Syndrome

 

Feb. 25, 2013 — Researchers from the University of Alberta are helping children with Down syndrome who stutter find their voice and speak with ease.

 

Stuttering is a common problem that affects almost half of all children with Down syndrome, yet despite the scope of the problem, little research exists about preferred treatment options — or even whether to treat at all. Researchers with the U of A’s Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research (ISTAR) point to a new case study that shows fluency shaping can indeed improve a child’s speech.


“People who stutter, whether they have a developmental delay or not, can do very well with treatment,” said study co-author Jessica Harasym, a speech-language pathologist and Elks clinician with ISTAR in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. “There is no difference between the way the child in our case study responded compared with other children and families we’ve worked with who don’t have Down syndrome.”

 

Read in Full:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225122039.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmind_brain%2Fchild_psychology+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Mind+%26+Brain+News+–+Child+Psychology%29

Birdsong & Child Speech

Linguistics And Biology Researchers Propose A New Theory On The Deep Roots Of Human Speech

 

Article Date: 25 Feb 2013 – 1:00 PST

 

“The sounds uttered by birds offer in several respects the nearest analogy to language,” Charles Darwin wrote in “The Descent of Man” (1871), while contemplating how humans learned to speak. Language, he speculated, might have had its origins in singing, which “might have given rise to words expressive of various complex emotions.” 

 

Now researchers from MIT, along with a scholar from the University of Tokyo, say that Darwin was on the right path. The balance of evidence, they believe, suggests that human language is a grafting of two communication forms found elsewhere in the animal kingdom: first, the elaborate songs of birds, and second, the more utilitarian, information-bearing types of expression seen in a diversity of other animals. 

 

“It’s this adventitious combination that triggered human language,” says Shigeru Miyagawa, a professor of linguistics in MIT’s Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, and co-author of a new paper published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. 

 

The idea builds upon Miyagawa’s conclusion, detailed in his previous work, that there are two “layers” in all human languages: an “expression” layer, which involves the changeable organization of sentences, and a “lexical” layer, which relates to the core content of a sentence. His conclusion is based on earlier work by linguists including Noam Chomsky, Kenneth Hale and Samuel Jay Keyser.

 

Read in Full:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256773.php



 

Dear friends,

 

In collaboration with Not Dead Yet and the National Council on Independent Living, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network will be hosting vigils in cities across the country in memory of disabled people murdered by family members or caregivers. A complete list of all cities with specific times and locations has been posted to our website, along with contact information for each of the vigil coordinators. Click here to see the list.

 

We encourage you to join us on Friday, March 1st, to honor the lives of people with disabilities who were victims of domestic violence.We are holding vigils in Sacramento (CA), San Francisco (CA), Washington DC, Chicago (IL), Lincoln (NE), Woodbridge (NJ), New York (NY), Rochester (NY), Portland (OR), and Seattle (WA).

 

Our voices and the presence of our community are needed now more than ever.

 

In solidarity,

 

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network



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