| 9. The Nature of Autism 1 - Behavior & the brain 2 - Working hypothesis 3 - Genetics 4 - The brain & energy metabolism 5 - Toxic substances & infection 10. Language and Hearing 1 - The most essential developmental task 2 - Decoding auditory signals 3 - Motor aphasia 4 - Sensory aphasia 5 - Word deafness and the inferior colliculi 11. The Auditory System 1 - Anatomy, connections, & development 2 - Site of highest cerebral circulation 3 - Site of highest metabolic activity 4 - Relationship to other sensory systems 5 - Unitary function and sense of ego 6 - Development of social awareness and language 12. Brainstem Nuclei of High
2 - Mammillary bodies, hippocampus, cerebellum 3 - Wernicke's encephalopathy 4 - Thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency 5 - Brainstem damage, and terminology 6 - The brain-gut relationship 7 - Vulnerability to metabolic disruption 8 - Importance of auditory nuclei 9 - Investigation of auditory impairment. 13. Perinatal Vulnerability 1 - Puzzling results of research on asphyxia at birth 2 - Two patterns of pathology and their causes 3 - Hemoglobin and the Bohr effect 4 - Degrees of severity 5 - Kernicterus and other additive factors |