CARTA - Anthropogeny (Audio) - Podcast

CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Jonathan Sebat: Genetic Etiology

In this presentation, Jonathan Sebat (UC San Diego) points out that the biggest known risk factors for autism are genes. However, the mutations that have been firmly implicated in autism are unlike …

00:17:55 | Fri 18 Jan 2013

CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Eric Courchesne: Surprising Findings in Autism: Insights into Anthropogeny?

Although the neurobiology of autism has been studied for more than two decades, the majority of studies have examined brain anatomy 10 or more years after the onset of clinical symptoms. The early ne…

00:20:50 | Fri 18 Jan 2013

CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Daniel Geschwind: Systems Biology of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Daniel Geschwind (UCLA) and his colleagues have been working to identify autism risk genes and understand how these might lead to autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Many genes with distinct functions h…

00:18:40 | Fri 18 Jan 2013

CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Simon Baron-Cohen: The Fetal Androgen Theory

Autism affects males much more often than females. The explanation for this must either lie in diagnostic practice, hormones, genetics, or (most likely) a mix of all three factors. In this talk, Simo…

00:22:40 | Fri 18 Jan 2013

CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Karen Pierce: The Early Identification of Autism: Examinations of Brain and Behavior

This lecture demonstrates how early screening at the 1st birthday can positively impact the search for biomarkers and lead to new discoveries regarding the study and treatment of autism. Karen Pierce…

00:19:30 | Fri 18 Jan 2013

CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Mirella Dapretto: Mirroring in the Neurotypical and Autistic Brain

In this talk, Mirella Dapretto (UCLA) begins by describing the relevance of mirror neurons for social functioning. She then discusses the empirical evidence suggesting that the so-called ‘mirror neur…

00:23:20 | Fri 18 Jan 2013

CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Bernard Crespi: Evolutionary Biology of Autism Risk

Bernard Crespi (Simon Fraser University) describes a simple model, based in evolutionary biology, neurodevelopment, and genetics, for understanding how the primary features of autism are related to t…

00:19:15 | Fri 18 Jan 2013

CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - V.S. Ramachandran: Mirror Neuron Dysfunction in Neurology

V.S. Ramachandran (UC San Diego) explains how his interest in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) stems from an earlier, and broader, interest in mirror neurons and their dysfunction (and restitution of …

00:18:05 | Fri 18 Jan 2013

CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Andrew Meltzhoff: The Like-Me Theory for Connecting Self and Others

Andrew Meltzoff (Univ of Washington) describes new research on the origins of ‘social cognition’ -- the mechanisms by which infants come to understand other people and interpret their actions and int…

00:20:45 | Fri 18 Jan 2013

CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders – The Evolutionary Biology of Autism Risk Systems Biology of Autism Spectrum Disorders and The Fetal Androgen Theory

This fascinating and important series from CARTA explores the newest understandings of the roots of autism disorders from the foremost researchers in the world. In this episode, UCLA’s Daniel Geschwi…

00:57:50 | Wed 19 Dec 2012

CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders – The Early Identification of Autism Mirroring in the Neurotypical and Autistic Brain and Mirror Neuron Dysfunction in Neurology

This fascinating and important series from CARTA explores the newest understandings of the roots of autism disorders from the foremost researchers in the world. In this episode, Karen Pierce and V.S.…

00:58:15 | Wed 12 Dec 2012

CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Genetic Etiology Surprising Findings in Autism and The 'Like-Me' Theory for Connecting Self and Others

This fascinating and important series from CARTA explores the newest understandings of the roots of autism disorders from the foremost researchers in the world. In this episode, Jonathan Sebat and E…

00:58:32 | Wed 05 Dec 2012

CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Genetic Impact of Culturally-Based Mating Systems The Grandmother Hypothesis and Rates of Aging and Do Genetic Differences Affect Language Evolution?

How cultural traditions have shaped, and continue to shape, our genomes with presentations on Genetic Impact of Culturally-Based Mating Systems (Marcus Feldman), The Grandmother Hypothesis and Rates …

00:56:25 | Wed 20 Jun 2012

CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Genomic Basis for Dietary Shifts Adaptations to Human Adult Milk Intake and A Nutritional Basis for the Spread of Indo-European Languages

How cultural traditions have shaped, and continue to shape, our genomes with presentations on Genomic Basis for Dietary Shifts during Human Origins (Gregory Wray), Adaptations to Human Adult Milk Int…

00:57:05 | Wed 13 Jun 2012

CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Origins of Modern Human Behavior Culture-led Gene-culture Coevolution and Human Adaptations to Diverse Environments

How cultural traditions have shaped, and continue to shape, our genomes with presentations on Origins of Modern Human Behavior (Alison Brooks), Culture-led Gene-culture Coevolution (Peter Richerson),…

00:58:25 | Wed 06 Jun 2012

CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins - Running Walking and Evolution

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