NEURODIVERSITY

Dear Students! Our last speaker for this semester on the 11th of April will be Detlef Heck who will talk about: "Conducting the neuronal symphony: The special role of the cerebellum in cognitive function". You will need to read the papers titled: "The Cerebellum and Cognitive Function: 25 Years of Insight from Anatomy and Neuroimaging" Please post your comments not later than Tuesday (10th) afternoon! cheers Julia

Dear Students! Our next speaker on the 4th of April will be Seth Grant who will talk about: "Madness, Genius, and the Origin of the Brain". You will need to read his papers titled: "The molecular evolution of the vertebrate behaviour repertoire" and "A genomic lifespan program that reorganises the young adult brain is targeted in schizophrenia" Please post your comments not later than Tuesday (27th) afternoon! cheers Julia

Dear Students! Our next speaker on the 28th of March will be Daniel Messinger who will talk about: "The development of Autism". You will need to read his paper titled: "Early sex differences are not autism-specific:  A Baby Siblings Research Consortium (BSRC) study" Please post your comments not later than Tuesday (27th) afternoon! cheers Julia

Dear Students! Our next speaker on the 21th of March will be Tiffany Greenwood  who will talk about: "Madness and Genius". You will need to read his paper titled: "Genome Wide Association Study of Temperament in Bipolar Disorders Reveals Significant Associations with three Novel Loci" Please post your comments not later than Tuesday (20th) afternoon! cheers Julia

Dear Students! Our next speaker on the 14th of March will be Bernard Crespi who will talk about: "Evolution of psychoaffective spectrum disorders". You will need to read his paper titled: "The Evolutionary Etiologies of Autism Spectrum and Psychotic-Affective Spectrum Disorders" Please post your comments not later than Tuesday (13th) afternoon! cheers Julia

Dear Students! Our next speaker on the 28th of February will be Donna Werling who will talk about: "Genetics of Autism" You will need to read the paper "Advancing the understanding of autism disease mechanisms through genetics" by Torre-Ubieta et al! Please post your comments not later than Tuesday afternoon! cheers Julia

Dear Students! Our next speaker on the 21th of February will be Rob Williams who will talk about: "Animal models of autism and schizophrenia " You will need to read his paper called "Genetic architecture supports mosaic brain evolution and independent brain-body  size regulation"! Please post your comments not later than Tuesday afternoon! cheers Julia

Dear Students! Our next speaker on the 14th of February will be Somogy Varga and he will talk about: "Defining Mental Disorders" He graciously let us have his whole book "Naturalism Interpretation and Mental Disorder", but you only need to read Chapter 7! Please post your comments not later than Tuesday afternoon! cheers Julia

Dear Students! Our next speaker on the 7th of February will be Peter Mundy who will talk about: "The Sharing Mind: Autism, Neurodiversity, and Joint Attention" You will need to read the first 2 chapters in his book "Autism & Joint Attention" and his paper! Please post your comments not later than Tuesday afternoon! cheers Julia

Dear Students! Welcome to our seminar "Neurodiversity - Scientific Inquiry Into The Persistence of Autism, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder and ADHD". Our first speaker will be D. Kim Oller, and he will give you an introduction into the topic, our speakers, and some basic aspects of consciousness with respect to these disorders. You should read the first 3 chapters of "Consciousness and the Brain" by Stanislas DeHaene! We are looking forward to meeting you at our first seminar!! cheers Uli