Is Autism Spectrum Disorder overdiagnosed?

By SharpBrains | April 11, 2014

1 in 68 Chil­dren Now Has a Diag­no­sis of Autism Spec­trum Dis­or­der. Why? (The Atlantic): “The stag­ger­ing increase in cas­es of ASD should raise more sus­pi­cion in the med­ical com­mu­ni­ty about its mis­di­ag­no­sis and over­diag­no­sis than it does. The sci­ence stacks up in favor of catch­ing and treat­ing ASD ear­li­er because it leads to better…

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Digital Games for Physical, Cognitive and Behavioral Health

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 5, 2009

The Robert Wood John­son Foun­da­tion (RWJF) just announced more than $1.85 mil­lion in grants for research teams to study how dig­i­tal games can improve play­ers’ health behav­iors and out­comes (both brain-based and behav­ioral). The press release: Nine Lead­ing Research Teams Select­ed to Study How Dig­i­tal Games Improve Play­ers’ Health “Dig­i­tal games are inter­ac­tive and experiential,…

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