My Capstone Experience
Concordia College implements a capstone course into student’s coursework. It is stated to reinforce the connection between liberal learning and various ac...
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Autism Spectrum Disorder in Society
The number of children being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been consistently increasing the past decade.According to the NIH, It is estimate...
I am glad I was wrong…
As an international student, I had no idea what a capstone course means. When I first heard the word “capstone”, I thought it was just a word that I did not kno...
Sarcosine: Good News for Schizophrenia
What is Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a developmental brain disorder in which people interpret reality differently than normal. This can result in hallucinati...
Parents: When is it Appropriate for Your Kids to Drink?
There is no doubt about it – alcohol is a big part of our society. Whether someone drinks or not is actually, partly a defining characteristic about them. Maybe...
The Autism Diet…Is It Real?
What is Autism? Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by impaired social interaction. Other symptoms include res...
The Impact of Neurochemistry: My Capstone Experience
Around March of 2015, I was constantly emailing the professor for the Neurochemistry class, trying to get registered. The class was already full, and I was pre...
Neurochemistry: A Capstone Reflection
Neurochemistry, or neurochem as we like to call it, has been single handedly the most interesting class I have ever taken. Neurochem has spiked my interest in n...
What causes Autism?
Autism had dramatically grown in the past fifty years. The US documented that 19 out of 10,000 individuals had autism in 1992. This rose to 1 in 150 in 2002, fo...
Oxytocin is More than Just a Love Hormone: Could it be the Future for ASD?
It isn’t really possible to narrow autism down to one specific difference or symptom, really it is a combination of many different things. Every single case is ...