Psychology
- Autistic Regression, Cognitive Impairment And Severity Of Impairment: Real Numbers
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There's a tremendous amount of research literature that does not make it into public consumption. Coupling this lack of trickle down with a voracious need to feel certainty where none may exist, many parents faced with an autism diagnosis will gravita ...
Article - Kim Wombles - May 20 2010 - 11:43am
- Another Look at Intelligence and Autism
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One of the things that gets bandied about with regular frequency is the proportion of severely impaired individuals on the spectrum and the accompanying rates of ID. ...
Blog Post - Kim Wombles - May 20 2010 - 12:15pm
- What Can We Really Know About Authors' Personalities From Their Works?
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Dr. Raymond Mar, of On Fiction: An Online Magazine on the Psychology of Fiction, published a research bulletin the other day summarizing a psychological study whose results apparently suggest that, in the words of the blog headline, “words reveal the perso ...
Article - Yago Colás - May 20 2010 - 3:43pm
- SQTs: Lilienfeld (2005) Looks at Dubious Autism Treatments
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Blog Post - Kim Wombles - May 20 2010 - 3:52pm
- Facilitated Communication: A Literature Review
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“The false and exaggerated claims associated with facilitated communication have been exposed.” (Miles and Simpson, 1996) ...
Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Jul 2 2011 - 8:42am
- Why Rapid Prompting Method Still Doesn’t Pass the Evidence-Based Test
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About six weeks ago I wrote the following post on Rapid Prompting Method (edited for this current piece); it garnered a lot of attention from avid parent supporters and from the inventor of the method herself. There was a fair amount of conjecture that RP ...
Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Jun 6 2012 - 10:30am
- The Selling Of Worms As A Treatment For Autism: Wormy Woo
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One of the worst things I see on the internet, as both a parent of children on the spectrum and as scientifically-based, rational person who works hard to instruct my students in critical thinking skills and being able to detect pseudoscience, is the woo t ...
Article - Kim Wombles - Apr 20 2012 - 10:08am
- Want Romance? Show A Little Gratitude
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If you want boost your romantic relationship, and achieve and maintain satisfaction with your partner, show some gratitude. Positive thinking has been shown to have a longstanding constructive effect on our emotional life. Extending these positive emotions ...
Article - News Staff - May 24 2010 - 5:54pm
- "Macho Men" Are Dangerous Drivers, Psychologist Says
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The more "macho" the man, the more risks he is likely to take on the road, according to a study by a psychologist at the University of Montreal. So what is a macho man? In 2004, an American researcher developed the Auburn Differential Masculinit ...
Article - News Staff - May 26 2010 - 12:20pm
- A Brief History Of The Psychology Of Religion
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When I'm not delving into the science and pseudoscience surrounding autism, I have other areas of interest that I turn my attention to. The psychology of religion is one of those areas of interest. Introduction to the subject: ...
Article - Kim Wombles - May 28 2010 - 9:47pm
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