John Glass's introductory post reminded me that I have joined this group and never made a proper introduction. So... here it is. Jay's visit to another group,...
... Thanks for sharing EO Wilson's comments with us. Before I reply, let me remind you that I said, "I'm still not sold on 'group selection.'" In my...
As follow-up to what I just sent, pasted below is part of Wikipedia entry on group selection referring to EO Wilson's "conversion" and his revision of ...
Autism. 2006 Jan;10(1):37-51. Links Attention to facial emotion expressions in children with autism. a.. Begeer S, b.. Rieffe C, c.. Terwogt MM, d.. Stockmann...
Autism. 2006 Jan;10(1):53-69. Links Play behaviours and play object preferences of young children with autistic disorder in a clinical play environment. a.....
Taken from http://www.coedu.usf.edu/bostow/rtorres/Skinner/BAChapters.htm B. F. Skinner's ABOUT BEHAVIORISM Go Back to Main Page a.. About the Book b.....
... <snip> ... I took EO wilson to be referring to the early stages of evolution for ants/termites. Perhaps I misinferred? ... As I mentioned in a previous...
At the B.F. Skinner foundation, you can obtain a .pdf version of his Science and Human Behavior (a classic text on operant conditioning). You must register...
Thanks for the insightful comments, Rick. You're probably correct regarding EO Wilson's somewhat sarcastic remark, "Ants and termites in the early stages of...
... Hello, John. I had hoped someone else would have answered this, but since no one did, I will. In observing any behavior, including the behavior of babies...
Thanks for the link to Skinner's book, John. I just downloaded it because I lost my copy of the book a long time ago. I see that you're a sociologist by...
I now recall that, not surprisingly, EO Wilson's "bombshell" (as it was called in one headline) was discussed on the Evol-Psych list. Pasted below is what I...
J Autism Dev Disord. 2006 Apr;36(3):381-94. Links The development of face processing in autism. a.. Sasson NJ. Neurodevelopmental Disorders Research Center,...
1: Autism. 2006 Mar;10(2):199-220. Links A comparative study of the spontaneous social interactions of children with high-functioning autism and children with...
Neuropsychologia. 2006;44(8):1483-8. Epub 2005 Dec 13. Links Failure to read motor intentions from gaze in children with autism. a.. Pierno AC, b.. Mari M, ...
J Autism Dev Disord. 2006 May;36(4):517-25. Links Skin conductance responses to another person's gaze in children with autism. a.. Kylliainen A, b.. Hietanen...
... Yes, this is what we call "stims". I have investigate stims extensively in the last few versions of Aspie-quiz. One of the results of this is here: ...
hi, Clarence there still is animosity among sociologists about evo psych, psych in general, and behavior analysis. i used to be in that camp. one day, i ...
Leif Ekblad: From a human ethology perspective, I think differences in nonverbal communication between autistics and NTs (non-autistics) would be most...
If you haven't seen this You Tube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc ....it's an absolute must! It was produced by a woman with autism, the ...
... I agree that the behaviours exist as acts by individuals; the question is, how do you make sense of them and analyse them, how do these behaviours...