There are several problems with the recently released guidelines for diagnosing autism. But the fundamental issue is that we’re striving for diagnosis first, and help later.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Neurology
Displaying 61 - 80 of 110 articles
Men diagnosed with prostate cancer should be given all their options for treatment before they make a decision. In Australia today, this isn’t the rule, but the exception.
There’s more to Tourette syndrome than swearing and shouting. Over the last several years, many life-altering treatments of this tic disorder have become available to patients and their families.
Epilepsy affects around 70 million people globally, 80% live in developing countries. A shortage of specialists, equipment and drugs complicates effective treatment and management.
The causes of motor neurone disease and schizophrenia have something important in common.
The human brain develops rapidly between the ages of 14 and 24.
The Conversation asked eight authors from across its sections to tell us about their favourite podcasts – and why you should tune in.
It’s a long, hot summer’s day and you’re looking forward to an ice cream. But within seconds of your first bite, you feel a headache coming on: a brain freeze. What’s going on?
A paper was published and much discussed online recently, which demonstrates all the problems that I - and other critics - have with the way research is done and interpreted in the world of chiropractic…
Finding the art in science and investigating the science of art used to be common practise. At the turn of the 19th century the boundaries between academic disciplines hardened, but now new fields like neuroaesthetics are breaking down barriers.
Biological and genetic explanations of mental illness can weaken people’s sense of control and optimism, and create a bias against effective psychological interventions.
It’s been 60 years since first TV ad aired in the UK. What could the next 60 bring?
Saying someone has epilepsy is a little like saying they’re ill. Its cause can vary from a brain tumour to an inherited genetic condition, the consequence of injury or a disorder affecting the brain.
Sacks was able to communicate the fascinating workings of the brain in ways that evoked understanding and compassion.
People with dementia judge the passage of time differently, and can access remote memories from many decades ago while being unable to remember events of the past few hours.
The network of bone cells inside your skeleton rivals your brain in terms of complexity.
The idea that we can achieve happiness by maximising pleasure and minimising pain is both intuitive and popular. The truth is, however, very different.
The action of running “turns up” visual processing in mice, demonstrating how active movement and sensory processing in the…
Researchers have developed a method for “silencing” neurons using an external light source. Research done by the Massachusetts…
Each year, thousands of Australians are diagnosed with an inherited condition that affects their nervous system. Neurogenetic disease is an umbrella term to describe these conditions, which are primarily…
Top contributors
-
Professor of Neurology, University of Florida
-
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
-
Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
-
Conjoint Clinical Associate Professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Deakin University
-
Executive Clinical Director, Turning Point & Director of Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University
-
Professor of Accounting, Durham University
-
Neuroscientist, Monash University
-
Professor, Monash University
-
Adjunct Research Fellow, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
-
Professor of Brain and Cognition, Flinders University
-
Senior Lecturer, School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University
-
IMNIS Executive Director with ATSE and Honorary Fellow Manager, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
-
Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
-
Professor and Clinical Neuropsychologist, Monash University
-
Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
