Animation of Long-Term Potentiation and DNA

By Rick Colosimo / March 27, 2009 / Comments Off on Animation of Long-Term Potentiation and DNA

Readers of Exaptation will note that a recent post dealt with Long-Term Potentiation, or LTP. LTP is related to the manner in which signals travel in the brain (very simplified explanation!). This animation of LTP explains the process in much greater detail. Other visualizations relevant to understanding some of the scientific research regarding autism include:…

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Can we use brain signaling to improve ABA?

By Rick Colosimo / March 25, 2009 / Comments Off on Can we use brain signaling to improve ABA?

This article from Wired describes a very interesting development in neuroscience that could be harnessed to improve teaching of autistic children (and, of course, NT children as well). The essence of the discovery is that there are signals, prior to the application of a stimulus (in this case, something to be memorized), that seem to…

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