Do animals have privileged access to lower level sensory information before it is packaged into concepts, as Temple Grandin has argued for autistic savants? Giorgio Vallortigara and colleagues critique this perspective, and Grandin responds.
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Maternal Death, Autopsy Studies, and Lessons from Pathology:
Clara Menendez and colleagues analyze 139 complete autopsies following maternal deaths in Maputo, Mozambique and find a predominance of infectious and preventable causes. Sebastian Lucas discusses the study in a related perspective.
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I've been meaning to read Temple Grandin ever sense re
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While we're on the subject
Temple Grandin is undoubtedly one of the most famous women with autism of our time. Trained in animal science, Dr. Grandin is a widely read author and noted speaker on autism.
Off-topic. But speaking of maternal deaths. A statistic from WHO via Newsweek about a year ago has stuck in my mind because of the horror of it. Sweden was best with one maternal death per 30000 births. Afghanistan was at the bottom of the list with one maternal death per estimated SEVEN births. We have to know that there are many fatherless children in that country. This info makes me think there must be even more motherless ones.