Savant Syndrome: Prodigious Talent in Autism
Characteristics of Savant Syndrome Individuals with savant syndrome are characterized by remarkable abilities in specific categories, such as music, memory, or ...
Category: Disease
The development of autism
Introduction to autism: The number of children diagnosed with autism in the United States continues to rise. Many studies are being done to understand what is c...
(A)lleviate (S)ymptoms after (D)iagnosis
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) impacts every person differently. Currently there are no set treatments for ASD known to cure the disorder, however there are int...
Anxiety-induced memory formation and current research
Introduction: Anxiety can be characterized by feelings of nervousness, fear, and stress. Having some anxiety in everyday life is normal and can be positive, but...
The Perfect Housewives of the 1950s: Poodle Skirts and Debilitating Drug Addiction
The 1950s housewife of choice Extremely productive, beautiful, and skinny, getting all their chores done in one simply day, just to then start over the next mor...
Adaptive Behavior & PTSD Treatments
Adaptive behavior is described to be a behavior that allows an individual to cope with PTSD within their environment. It is also used to help with phobias, depr...
Trauma: Is It Universal?
Given the trying times of the world today, we are all bound to endure and carry present or past traumas. The pandemic in which we live is a prime example of end...
Alcohol Addiction & Sleep
Alcohol is a depressant to the Central Nervous System that causes the brain to slow down. However, that doesn’t mean that it helps your brain get a good n...
Addiction and Adolescents
What is addiction? Addiction is characterized by an uncontrollable urge to engage in behaviors that are pleasure to someone, but can have extremely negative neu...