Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by two main components: an inability to interact socially with other people with joint attention to understand other people's thoughts.

Memory is the scaffolding upon which all mental life is constructed.

Autism is not a snapshot. It's a life.

The brain immediately confronts us with its great complexity. The human brain weighs only three to four pounds but contains about 100 billion neurons.

There is no question there are differences between male and female brains. They are called sexual dimorphisms and you can point to different anatomical structures.

Vibrato is the badge of tonal maturity.

There are clear differences between and some- and there may be protective factors in a female brain.

In fact, many children come to autism clinics early on with GI/bowel disturbances.

In autism there is just genes in part more or less of a probability that you will have the disorder, and that is where interactions with the environment are key.

I think my own bias is that there may be something wrong with the timing and the connectivity between regions rather than pointing to one particular spot in the brain.

Catch on fire with enthusiasm, and people will come for miles to watch you burn

Great masters merit emulation, not worship.

Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens.

Meanwhile, the Bush dynasty comes to an official end.

I'm scattered, and then that last hundred pages, bam, I'm a laser.

Every moment wasted looking back, keeps us from moving forward.

For our purposes as human beings, the mind is the center of everything.

Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing.

Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world.