Did you see the show? It's the brain scan center that Dr. Phil sent the
patients to from his show. They are out of UCLA Harbor Medical here. I don
t know much about it, and we are definitely not putting all our eggs in one
basket by any means. I think my DH wants to do it out of curiosity...to
simply see a scan of his brain, regardless of the AS. And since we all know
this is not a disease to be cured, really we're looking to see if we can get
any additional information. And if it helps with the research on AS, all
the better!

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From: AS-and-Proud-of-it@yahoogroups.com
Date: 01/25/06 13:44:22
To: AS-and-Proud-of-it@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [AS-and-Proud-of-it] Re: Dr. Phil 1/17 Aspergers on tv

Marina Bretherton wrote:
> We live in Southern California and one of the brain scan offices is near
us.
> My DH actually asked me to find out more about it because he is
apparently
> very interested in getting a scan done!

Be careful. Single pictures outside a research protocol _at best_ are
informationally "iffy".

Poldrack, Russell A: Can cognitive processes be inferred from
neuroimaging data?
In Press, Corrected Proof (6 Jan 2006), Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. Available online 6 January 2006

ABSTRACT
There is much interest currently in using functional neuroimaging
techniques to understand better the nature of cognition. One particular
practice that has become common is 'reverse inference', by which the
engagement of a particular cognitive process is inferred from the
activation of a particular brain region. Such inferences are not
deductively valid, but can still provide some information. Using a
Bayesian analysis of the BrainMap neuroimaging database, I characterize
the amount of additional evidence in favor of the engagement of a
cognitive process that can be offered by a reverse inference. Its
usefulness is particularly limited by the selectivity of activation in
the region of interest. I argue that cognitive neuroscientists should be
circumspect in the use of reverse inference, particularly when
selectivity of the region in question cannot be established or is known
to be weak.

- Bill

>
> -------Original Message-------
> From: AS-and-Proud-of-it@yahoogroups.com
> Date: 01/24/06 18:27:04
> To: AS-and-Proud-of-it@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [AS-and-Proud-of-it] Re: Dr. Phil 1/17 Aspergers on tv
>
> I unfortunately missed the show also, but went on the day after to www
> drphil.com and I read the story and watched the video's from it. It was
> very interesting and reminded me of my son alot, but you are right....I
wish
> they would talk about AS in adults and for that matter how many of AS
people
> there are in the world. I actually saved the picture from the site of the
> NT brain and the AS brain side by side scan - in case anyone wants it and
it
> s not on drphil.com any more , email me at aats@... and I will
> send it to you.
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[ snip ]
>>--- In AS-and-Proud-of-it@yahoogroups.com, "Marina Bretherton"
>><marina.bretherton@v...> wrote:
>>
>>Did anyone see the Dr. Phil show that aired 1/17? It covered both
>>AS and Tourrette's (sp? sorry!). Any thoughts on it? My DH and I
>>Tivo'd it and watched it together over the weekend. He was in awe
>>of how his frustration manifested itself in anger because he never
>>quite understood what I meant when I would describe his reactions
>> to him before. But, once again, I was disappointed that it only
>>covered a child (albeit a 15yo one) and did not cover adult
>>Aspies...when is someone going to start talking about Aspies as
>>adults??????? Am I the only one aggravated by this? LOL I was also
>>very disappointed at how little was actually discussed about AS.
>>What were your thoughts on the brain scan idea???
>>
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