Comments on: Paul Mason: Slides on Neuroanthropology

By: neurologyautism

neurologyautism — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:21:05 +0000

Autism is a life long disorder. There is also an epidemic of children misdiagnosed with autism who really have things like “fetal alcohol syndrome” or “fragile x” or “laundau kleffner syndrome (Jenny mccarthy’s son), “adhd” or “aspergers” or “PDD” that aren’t truly autistic, so it’s important to separate the non-autistics with the truly autistics, or we will FOREVER be spinning in a cirlce of confusion when it comes to research and treatment of authentic true autism. See cdfoakley channel on youtube for a look at what is probably the most authentic look at true SEVERE autsim seen on internet. Of course, there are other higher functioning autistics, but this channel gives researchers an insight into what severe to PROFOUND autism looks like. Very important. Extremely educational. And don’t forget cases like Donna Williams, the alleged “high functioning autistic” who for years wrote books about her HF autism, but now has recently been diagnosed with multiple personality disorder or Dissociative Identity Disorder Google: “blog.donnawilliams.net/…/losing-time-dissociative-identity-disorder-and-the-real-time-travellers” We have to be very CAREFUL who we call autistic and who we call other things, because it seems AUTISM has become a very popular label assigned to NON autistics, which actually HURTS the truly autistic population. Be careful. Know what autism is, and what it is NOT. Jenny McCarthy’s son was said to NEVER have had autism, but Landau Kleffner Syndrome. So be careful. As for John Travolta’s son, Jett, he was TRULY autistic and the public didn’t understand the PAIN or pressure this poor man and his family endured while trying to raise this child. This is WHY it is critical TRUE autism, especially autism with epilepsy is understood by PUBLIC. And as for autistics who suffer from constant self abuse, take a look at kgaccount or cdfoakly on YOU TUBE for a REAL look on autism and self injurious behavior. Be prepared to have your eyes opened. There are MANY things that HELP severely autistics, we need to understand how we can HELP these families, no matter what their income is….TRUE autism is a serious disorder that requires DIRECT support and help, NOT endless meetings, symposiums, research and seminars. These families of these truly autistic persons need DIRECT immediate SUPPORT and help. It is absolutely USELESS that a brigade of professionals run around “talking about autism” for years and years but don’t actually provide the supports neeed for families who are living with autism RIGHT NOW. Does anyone wonder WHY murder suicides among families raising severely autistic persons is RISING? IT”s because they are desperate for HELP and support. DO you really think another research project or seminar, symposium or meeting is going to HELP them right NOW? HELL NO. They need people to come into their home and HELP right now. NOT strangers who sit in far away places “talking about autism” or “cures to autism.” What a waste of time and energy!@ You want to help? Than talk to your politicians about providing MORE home health funding or RESPITE care to families who are dealing every day with severe autism and need respite or nursing care! That will help. Not a bunch of professionals sitting around in some 4 star hotel, doing “power point presentations” about autism.

By: Harry Palmen

Harry Palmen — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:56:27 +0000

I am looking for partners to discus mathers as braindevelopment and the lack of speech to support a normal development. We have been talking about this subject before in Geleen, Netherlands.
Please get in contact.

Harry Palmen.

By: Complete this quote: “In a small, dark room at the lab of a large university hospital…” « Neuroanthropology

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:39:27 +0000

[...] D’Aquili worked with one of the very first neuroanthropologists, Charles Laughlin, on the book “The Spectrum of Ritual” published in 1979 (Laughlin, McManus and d’Aquili). Sadly, D’Aquili died before the publication of Why God Won’t Go Away in 2001. The book , Why God Won’t Go Away, goes some distance towards a neuroethological perspective on religious experiences and ideologies particularly among Tibetan Buddhists and Franciscan Nuns. They describe a neurobiological model that links mystical experience with observable brain function. They talk about an underlying religious urge with a brief discussion of the possible origins of religion that reads like something out of evolutionary psychology (pp 130-140). Through what could be interperted as a Lamarckian account of the origins of religious experience (first arising from mystical insights and then entering the gene-pool), they conclude that humans have a genetically inherited talent for mental states that are associated/interpreted/confused with the presence of a higher spiritual power. Could it be that the historical origins of the institutionalisation of religion may be easier to trace than the evolutionary origins of religiosity? [...]

By: Brain, Dance and Culture « Neuroanthropology

Brain, Dance and Culture « Neuroanthropology — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:32:14 +0000

[...] readers may already be familiar with a diagram that was posted on the neuroanthropology blog Paul Mason: Slides on Neuroanthropology at the beginning of 2008. I also included a black and white version of this diagram on page 109 of [...]

By: Paul Mason

Paul Mason — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:16:56 +0000

For citations: The Brain, Culture and Environment (pictured above) diagram has just been published on page 109 of the following article.

Mason, P.H. (2007) Alam, Otak dan Kebudayaan: Perkembangan Baru Tentang Pengetahuan Musik dan Tari. Gema Seni: Jurnal Komunikasi, Informasi, dan Dokumentasi Seni, Vol 2, no. 4, pp. 108-119.

By: Paul Mason

Paul Mason — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:08:55 +0000

I apologise for the sketchiness, but For those people interested some interesting references can be found here:

M.J. The Split-Brain and the Culture-Cognition Paradox.
Paredes, J.A. & Hepburn,
Current Anthropology 17, (1976) 320 -322.

More on Split-Brain Research and Anthropology
Colin Martindale, J. Anthony Paredes, Marcus J. Hepburn
Current Anthropology, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Dec., 1976), pp. 738-742

More on Split-Brain Research and Anthropology
Warren D. TenHouten, Charles D. Kaplan, J. Anthony Paredes, Marcus J. Hepburn
Current Anthropology, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Jun., 1977), pp. 344-350

Other papers co-authored by Professor TenHouten may be found in Intern. J. Neuroscience 8:1-6 (1977), 28:125-146 (1985), 30:255-260 (1986); J. Alt. States of Consc. 4(2):129-140 (1978-79); Cur. Anthro. 17(3):503-506 (1976), 18(2):344-346 (1977)

The Spectrum of Ritual: A Biogenetic Structural Analysis
E. d’Aquili, C. D. Laughlin Jr., J. McManus
New York: Columbia University Press, 1979

Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens: How Synaesthetes Color their world
Patricia Lynne Duffy
Owl Books 2002

And a couple of links:

http://www.decitre.fr/livres/Paul-Broca.aspx/9782711791385

http://poynter.indiana.edu/publications/m-couser.pdf

And not part of my references, but just a funky little article I found:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dujs/1999S/11_Debate.pdf

By: gregdowney

gregdowney — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:05:12 +0000

Sylvain –
I’ll try to get you that. As I’ve mentioned, Paul is in Indonesia doing his fieldwork, so he’s a bit hard to reach. That’s why I’m posting stuff for him. Look back in a little while, and I’ll try to get one for all the readers. There’s some great stuff in there that Paul’s pulled together.

best, greg

By: Sylvain Rouanet

Sylvain Rouanet — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:33:06 +0000

Really interesting powerpoint and quotes.

Could you please, add a bibliography of the authours which are mentionned in this Powerpoint ?