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> a 900 page freshman neuroscience textbook Which one, and would you recommend it? 59 here, and with an autistic 16 year old who has great difficulty with com
by pjmorris 5y ago
> a 900 page freshman neuroscience textbook
Which one, and would you recommend it?
59 here, and with an autistic 16 year old who has great difficulty with communication. We're trying speech therapy, ABA therapy, but it seems to be both practical and parental to try to engage more deeply... with whatever is left of my fluid (vs. crystallized) intelligence.
- marstall 5y agoBook is "Neuroscience, Exploring the Brain" by Mark Bear and I really like it. Thoroughgoing scientific approach but has a unique philosophy of explaining the needed underpinnings as it goes. For example the section on "how genes work" was like 5 pages long, easy to absorb and really leveled up my understanding. Regarding your son - have you looked into sulforaphane at all? It's a tantalizing substance for my son's diagnosis (Kabuki Syndrome) and I noted this study as I was doing my research, which appears to show promise in 18+ autistic people ... https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1416940111 https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1416940111