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Semi-retired BU dev cog psycho ling. Focus on autism
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Sam Gershman
10 days ago
Congress is currently considering a piece of legislation that would effectively sever all scientific ties between the US and China. Unbelievable. You can read the AAU response here:
www.aau.edu/key-issues/a...
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition)
21 days ago
“The rewriting of CDC’s guidance is not a routine update. It is a warning. If scientific consensus can be erased with a keystroke & replaced with politically curated doubt, institutions meant to safeguard national health are at risk.“ By
@drdebhoury.bsky.social
@drdemetre.bsky.social
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We are former CDC officials. RFK Jr.'s change to vaccine guidance is propaganda.
Under Secretary Kennedy, CDC materials can no longer be assumed to reflect scientific authority.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/msnbc-opinion/cdc-officials-rfk-jr-vaccine-autism-letter-rcna245128
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Simon Fisher
21 days ago
Origins of language, one of humanity’s most distinctive traits, may be best explained as a unique convergence of multiple capacities each with its own evolutionary history, involving intertwined roles of biology & culture. This framing can expand research horizons. A 🧵 on our
@science.org
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What enables human language? A biocultural framework
Explaining the origins of language is a key challenge in understanding ourselves as a species. We present an empirical framework that draws on synergies across fields to facilitate robust studies of l...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq8303
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Elena Tenenbaum
23 days ago
The Coalition of Autism Scientists does not support new information published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control on November 19, 2025 linking vaccination and autism as it is misleading and not evidence-based.
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Coalition of Autism Scientists | "autism scientists"
The Coalition of Autism Scientists formed in 2025 and is comprised of the leading autism researchers across the United States. The website includes statements made by researchers and science-based edu...
https://www.coalitionofautismscientists.org/
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Dorothy Bishop
30 days ago
Agree, but I think it goes beyond sunk costs - there's something about autism that is a magnet for research on hot topics - the hot topic being one where you can always find *something* and which sounds exciting. In this case microbiome. I reckon the life cycle of these things is at least 25 years.
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bergelsonlab
about 1 month ago
lots of invigorating discussion this year at
#BUCLD2025
. Unsurprisingly, LLMs as models & as tools made many appearances w/a wide range of views/claims/caveats ab what they can(not) tell us ab language development I'm still chewing on a few things that seemed to get short shrift 1/4 🐦🐦
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Dorothy Bishop
about 1 month ago
hopeless autism study still up in J Pers Med despite promise to retract it
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
This is how
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
pollutes the literature with junk
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Opinion | A Journal Promised to Retract a Flawed Autism Study. It's Still Online.
Junk science leaves an indelible mark
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118214
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Simon Fisher
about 1 month ago
If you're interested in how advances in human genomics are transforming our understanding of the biology of spoken & written language abilities, please do check out my new peer-reviewed "tutorial" article, just published. 🗣️🧬🧪 [Will also make a Bsky explainer 🧵 on it next week when I get some time🙂.]
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Genomic Investigations of Spoken and Written Language Abilities: A Guide to Advances in Approaches, Technologies, and Discovery
Purpose: The aim of this tutorial is to show how the rise of molecular technologies and analytical methods in human genetics yields exciting new ...
https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00152
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Riccardo Fusaroli
about 2 months ago
Conversational turn-taking feels effortless, but it's a complex dance. We find social context—who you're talking to and what you're talking about—fundamentally changes conversational dynamics in both autistic & TD children. 1/
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Social Context Matters for Turn‐Taking Dynamics: A Comparative Study of Autistic and Typically Developing Children
Engaging in fluent conversation is a surprisingly complex task that requires interlocutors to promptly respond to each other in a way that is appropriate to the social context. In this study, we dise...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cogs.70124
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Marlijn ter Bekke
2 months ago
Happy with this popular science article about our work (with
@lindadrijvers.bsky.social
and
@judithholler.bsky.social
), showing that listeners use co-speech hand gestures to predict upcoming meaning ✋
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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What Using Our Hands While Speaking Reveals About Our Brains
Researchers now have fascinating insights into how our brains function while we communicate — and our hand gestures hold the key.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/what-using-our-hands-while-speaking-reveals-about-our-brains-2025a1000rfu?form=fpf
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Simon Fisher
2 months ago
New paper alert! Rare DNA changes in the SETBP1 gene are linked to speech problems & diverse syndromes affecting brain development. Work led by ace postdoc
@maggiemkwong.bsky.social
uncovered impact of different gene variants, coupling clinical/speech evaluation to molecular & cellular readouts.🧬🗣️🔬🧪
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SETBP1 variants outside the degron disrupt DNA-binding, transcription and neuronal differentiation capacity to cause a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder - Nature Communications
Different types of SETBP1 variants cause variable developmental syndromes with only partial clinical and functional overlaps. Here, the authors report that SETBP1 variants outside the degron region impair DNA-binding, transcription, and neuronal differentiation capacity and morphologies.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64074-x
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3 months ago
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Forbes
3 months ago
Tylenol maker Kenvue is reeling after unsupported claims that its popular drug causes autism. Kennedy is unlikely to stop there.
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RFK Jr. Is Targeting Vaccines And Tylenol. Are Prozac And Ozempic Next?
Tylenol maker Kenvue is reeling after unsupported claims that its popular drug causes autism. Kennedy is unlikely to stop there.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2025/09/26/rfk-jr-is-targeting-vaccines-and-tylenol-are-prozac-and-ozempic-next/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Sam Gershman
3 months ago
Baccarelli was paid $700/hour for his work on a case against Tylenol. I will charge $0/hour to tell courts, FDA, and everyone else that correlations can arise from latent variables in the absence of a direct causal relationship.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Harvard’s Public Health Dean Was Paid $150,000 to Testify Tylenol Causes Autism | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard School of Public Health Dean Andrea A. Baccarelli received at least $150,000 to testify against Tylenol’s manufacturer in 2023 — two years before he published research used by the Trump admini...
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/9/24/autism-dean-public-health/
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Adele Goldberg
3 months ago
Gift article for any uniformed friends or family: experts overwhelmingly agree that the apparent increase in autism in USA is due to broader inclusion criteria and diagnoses. It is NOT caused by tylenol or vaccines
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
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Opinion | ‘This May Be the Most Difficult Day in My Career’: Experts React to Trump’s Autism Remarks
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/opinion/experts-autism-trump-kennedy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oE8.rHHE.2dGdeYNLCSRb&smid=bs-share
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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH
3 months ago
Nice to see organizations like the
@autismsciencefd.bsky.social
and
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
getting ahead of these potential forthcoming claims in RFK Jr.'s eventual autism report. More of this needed and in other forums too. 🛟😷🧪 sociology Here's Autism Science Foundation's statement...
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Statement from Autism Science Foundation Regarding Wall Street Journal Report “RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies” - Autism Science Foundation
(September 5, 2025, 4:00 pm ET) This afternoon, The Wall Street Journal reported that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will announce later this month that Tylenol has been identified as a cause of...
https://autismsciencefoundation.org/press_releases/statement-from-autism-science-foundation-regarding-wall-street-journal-report-rfk-jr-hhs-to-link-autism-to-tylenol-use-in-pregnancy-and-folate-deficiencies/
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How Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,’s Anti-Vax Agenda Is Infecting America
3 months ago
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Liz Neeley
4 months ago
Each Friday, I write up the impacts to science 🧪& higher ed. This was Week 32: + Chaos & courage as CDC Director Monarez fired & 4 top leaders resign + FDA limits COVID vax eligibility, pharmacies restricting access + pocket rescission, sad research shut downs & more
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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Week 32
Aug 23-29, 2025 - on persistence vs consistence
https://buttondown.com/liminalcreations/archive/week-32
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Liz Neeley
4 months ago
I have initial confirmation of a CDC walkout happening - will be looking for news coverage & more details.
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Excellent and disturbing article. Pleased to have contributed some background.
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RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-autism-environment-research-funding
4 months ago
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Simon Fisher
4 months ago
Developmental stuttering involves speech disfluencies (blocks, prolongations, repetitions). We sequenced all protein-coding genes of 85 parent-child trios in which the child stuttered, & found (likely) pathogenic DNA variants in 4 genes also implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders. New paper:👇🗣️🧬🧪
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De novo protein-coding gene variants in developmental stuttering - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - De novo protein-coding gene variants in developmental stuttering
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-025-03170-2
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Jonathan Peelle
4 months ago
Really amazing work that challenges some long-held beliefs about cortical plasticity. "We show adult sensory body maps are unaltered after amputation, suggesting deprivation-driven plasticity is even more marginal than argued by the strongest opponents of cortical reorganization."
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4 months ago
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Nora Newcombe
4 months ago
Please sign! Science funding got strong support from the Senate but is now in the House!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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CE-Letter to Congress Requesting Protection of Science Funding in the FY26 Budget
To: The Honorable Members of the United States Congress Dear Honorable Senators and Representatives, We write in our individual capacities as U.S. citizens to urge you to prevent the far-reaching cons...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9DtJtmKHxqkn1wfRZUOKF5dSJNt1O9CrdB-PX0gvy9V24dw/viewform
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Nora Newcombe
4 months ago
A letter signed by thoysands of members of the National Academies but also open for community endorsement . Please sign!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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CE-Letter to Congress Requesting Protection of Science Funding in the FY26 Budget
To: The Honorable Members of the United States Congress Dear Honorable Senators and Representatives, We write in our individual capacities as U.S. citizens to urge you to prevent the far-reaching cons...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9DtJtmKHxqkn1wfRZUOKF5dSJNt1O9CrdB-PX0gvy9V24dw/viewform
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Excited to co-host this workshop! Lots of great speakers and opportunities to learn about best practices for fNIRS research with autistic children
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4 months ago
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HealthBegins
4 months ago
We're taking major steps back in
#publichealth
and instead of addressing the important issues we're creating more distractions.
#SDOH
Why are American kids getting sicker?
www.vox.com/life/421703/...
by
@annanorth.bsky.social
via
@vox.com
CC:
@laurenwisk.bsky.social
@htagerf.bsky.social
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Why are American kids getting sicker?
What MAHA gets wrong about kids’ health.
https://www.vox.com/life/421703/rfk-jr-kids-health-maha-autism
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Stand Up for Science!
5 months ago
Ousted members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices describe RFK Jr.’s first meeting—featuring anti-vaccine presenters pushing unfounded claims. They now call for the creation of an independent vaccine panel outside the federal government.
zurl.co/x2itL
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Ousted vaccine panel members say rigorous science is being abandoned under RFK Jr.
Seventeen experts ousted from a U.S. vaccine committee are expressing little faith in what the panel has become.
https://zurl.co/x2itL
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Cognitive Science Society
5 months ago
Huge congratulations to the brilliant Nora Newcombe, recipient of the 2025 David E. Rumelhart Prize! 🏅#CogSci2025
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Natalia Vélez
5 months ago
Notes from
@noranewcombe.bsky.social
's beautiful Rumelhart Prize "tasting menu" - congratulations Nora!!!
#CogSci2025
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam
5 months ago
Delighted to share Resources for Researchers webpage has received a 2025 Commendation from
@improvingpsych.org
! We look forward to continuing this work to help everyone navigate academia and help academia be more welcoming to everyone!
www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/resourcesfor...
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MedPage Today
6 months ago
What we heard this week 🧵
#Medsky
"I think the NIH director understands that if you would say 'whenever possible,' that's the end. That's the kiss of death." --
@htagerf.bsky.social
, of
@bostonu.bsky.social
, discussing patient privacy in federal
#autism
research.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
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HHS Hunts for New Autism Links While David Geier Searches for 'Lost' Vaccine Data
Autism research undergoing a major shift under RFK Jr.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/116253?trw=no
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Simon Fisher
6 months ago
How children master language in early life is one of the central questions of human biology. My fab colleague & friend
@carorowland.bsky.social
has an important new framework paper, which she breaks down in this fascinating thread. Big implications for how we think about genetic contributions too.👇🧪
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Science Magazine
6 months ago
Breaking news: The NIH yesterday moved to reinstate about 900 grants that a judge last week ruled had been canceled illegally because their topics, ranging from vaccine hesitancy or promoting diversity in the scientific workforce, had been blacklisted by the Trump administration.
scim.ag/4lq9UrQ
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NIH will reinstate 900 grants in response to court order
Projects touching on sensitive topics such as DEI had been illegally terminated, judge found
https://scim.ag/4lq9UrQ
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Simon Fisher
6 months ago
"Language is unique among communication systems, many elements are learned & transmitted across generations. Investigating directed & surrounding vocal communication in human infants & infants of wild nonhuman great apes revealed that humans receive dramatically more infant-directed communication."🧪
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The evolution of infant-directed communication: Comparing vocal input across all great apes
Human infants receive more directed communication than other great ape infants, indicating that it evolved alongside language.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt7718
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Lovely article!
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Did Baby Talk Give Rise to Language?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/science/language-evolution-apes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Rk8.s23P.ZnRaUw0UUP7E
6 months ago
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Stand Up for Science!
6 months ago
Few are telling this trainwreck's tale with as much rigor and passion as @anniewaldman.bsky.social @ #ProPublica. "[Trump] ...has terminated more than 1,450 [#NIH] grants withholding more than $750 million in funds." Read the full piece
zurl.co/fCpUU
#ProPublica
#NIH
join us to fight back.
#StandUpForScience
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Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPublica what is being lost.
https://zurl.co/fCpUU
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Stand Up for Science!
6 months ago
"...the workers behind the letter said grants are being terminated based on political preferences and without input from scientific staff or Congress, which amounts to censorship of critical research."
zurl.co/zEzKM
#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
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‘Unrecognizable and highly toxic’: NIH staffers speak out ahead of Senate hearing on budget cuts - The Boston Globe
More than 300 staffers signed a letter to the NIH director urging him to stop politically motivated cuts to research grants.
https://zurl.co/zEzKM
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Stand Up for Science!
6 months ago
What does 18,000+ brave signatories look like standing together in massive solidarity with the
#NIH
heroes of the historic Bethesda Declaration??... Find out by adding YOUR NAME to our
#NIHLove
letter here! -
actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#StopTrump
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ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/add-name-bethesda-declaration/
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Stand Up for Science!
6 months ago
"It's a horror show. We're under attack in every way all the time," says Sarah Kobrin, who has worked at the National Cancer Institute for more than 21 years. "We're told we're worthless. We're told we're cheats.… They're breaking things that won't be repairable."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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NIH scientists call on director to protect biomedical research
In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/06/09/nx-s1-5425466/nih-research-freedom-bethesda-declaration
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Exciting new game! Who wants to play?
publishorperish.games
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https://publishorperish.games/
Welcome to the chaotic life of academic publishing. In this game, you are a clueless researcher trying to do the one and only thing that matters in your academic life: churning out publications, fast....
https://publishorperish.games
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Kelsey E. Davison
7 months ago
Our work on speech timing & white matter organization in autistic and non-autistic children is out in JSHLR. Thankful for the research team on this project!
@jenniferzuk.bsky.social
@talialiu.bsky.social
@neurotyler.bsky.social
@htagerf.bsky.social
@qzhever.bsky.social
pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
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Right-Hemispheric White Matter Organization Is Associated With Speech Timing in Autistic Children
Purpose: Converging research suggests that speech timing, including altered rate and pausing when speaking, can distinguish autistic individuals ...
https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00548
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻
6 months ago
🆓🔓in
@ashajournals.bsky.social
Davison, K. E., Liu, T., Belisle, R. M., Perrachione, T. K., Qi, Z., Gabrieli, J. D. E.,
@htagerf.bsky.social
, & Zuk, J. (2025). Right-Hemispheric White Matter Organization is Associated with Speech Timing in
#Autistic
Chn JSLHR
doi.org/10.1044/2025...
🦋
#bskySPEECHIES
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Right-Hemispheric White Matter Organization Is Associated With Speech Timing in Autistic Children
Purpose: Converging research suggests that speech timing, including altered rate and pausing when speaking, can distinguish autistic individuals ...
https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00548
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Science is under siege. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escalated assault on science in America.
#StandUpForScience
actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
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Sign The Open Letter to Stand Up For Science Now!
Science is under siege. Trump’s latest Executive Order calls for politically appointed science commissars to evaluate research. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escala...
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/open-letter-in-support-of-science?source=socialshare
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Congratulations
@noranewcombe.bsky.social
!
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7 months ago
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻
7 months ago
💰🔐 In
@ashajournals.bsky.social
Maffei, M. F., Chenausky, K. V.,
@htagerf.bsky.social
, & Green, J. R. (2025). An Acoustic Analysis of Speech Motor Performance in
#Autistic
Children. JSLHR, 1–23.
doi.org/10.1044/2025...
🦋
#bskySPEECHIES
#ChildSpeechDis
#autism
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An Acoustic Analysis of Speech Motor Performance in Autistic Children
Purpose: Despite known motor and spoken language impairments in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the motor skills underlying speech production and...
https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00561
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Matt Goldrick
7 months ago
Very sorry to learn of the passing of LouAnn Gerken, who had such an impact on our understanding of the acquisition of speech sounds and sound patterns
obits.mlive.com/us/obituarie...
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LouAnn Gerken Obituary (1959 - 2025) - Tucson, AZ - Arizona Daily Star
View LouAnn A. Gerken's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/tucson/name/louann-gerken-obituary?id=58495972
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Michael Learmonth
7 months ago
There's no bigger priority for JFK Jr than autism, and yet NIH funding for autism research is down 26% since the beginning of the year. Why? Research on diverse populations has been defunded in the anti-DEI and 'gender ideology' purge. Reuters exclusive
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Exclusive: Trump administration cut autism-related research by 26% so far in 2025
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has vowed to address rising U.S. autism rates as a top health priority for the Trump administration .
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-administration-cut-autism-related-research-by-26-so-far-2025-2025-05-16/
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Simon Fisher
7 months ago
"Language-related neural specialisation in humans likely evolved through gradual strengthening of a pre-existing connection rather than arising de novo." Important conclusion from state-of-the-art neuroimaging in wild & captive chimpanzees by
@ybecker.bsky.social
,
@alfredanwander.bsky.social
& co.👇🧪
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Long arcuate fascicle in wild and captive chimpanzees as a potential structural precursor of the language network - Nature Communications
The arcuate fascicle connection with the middle temporal gyrus has been considered unique to humans. Using high-resolution diffusion MRI, the authors systematically show this connection in chimpanzees...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59254-8
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