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Animal behavioral genetics

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Nature vs. nurture behaviors -- Epigenetics -- Innate vs. learned behaviors -- Emotional drivers in the brain -- The seek/fear switch -- Emotional traits have a heritable component -- New things are scary and attractive -- Different types of fear -- Measuring temperament in animals -- Animal welfare and genetics -- Biological systems overload -- An animal is like a country -- Future research -- Don't let bad become normal!.…”
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Animal behavioral genetics

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Nature vs. nurture behaviors -- Epigenetics -- Innate vs. learned behaviors -- Emotional drivers in the brain -- The seek/fear switch -- Emotional traits have a heritable component -- New things are scary and attractive -- Different types of fear -- Measuring temperament in animals -- Animal welfare and genetics -- Biological systems overload -- An animal is like a country -- Future research -- Don't let bad become normal!.…”
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Animal behavioral genetics

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Nature vs. nurture behaviors -- Epigenetics -- Innate vs. learned behaviors -- Emotional drivers in the brain -- The seek/fear switch -- Emotional traits have a heritable component -- New things are scary and attractive -- Different types of fear -- Measuring temperament in animals -- Animal welfare and genetics -- Biological systems overload -- An animal is like a country -- Future research -- Don't let bad become normal!.…”
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Different kinds of minds contribute to society

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Different minds may process information differently -- When does normal variation become an abnormality? -- Genetics of personality traits are like a music mixing board -- Brain scans -- Auditory -- Axon projection field much less organized -- Abnormalities in left hemisphere -- Develop talents in the individual's specialist brain -- Evidence for two types of visualizers -- Two categories of mathematicians -- Pattern thinking -- spatial visualizer -- The most obvious is the least obvious -- the value of humanities in university curriculum -- Animals see details -- Animals also "watch" with their ears for potential danger -- In humans, language covers up sensory based thinking -- bottom up thinking -- Teach concepts with multiple examples -- associative thinking -- How to categorize problems when troubleshooting in both industry and schools -- Dogfooding stops too much top down thinking -- Tips for helping kids who are different to succeed -- Kids doing projects and playing games where the rules and duties are negotiated teaches valuable social skills -- Taking hands-on classes out of the schools is really bad -- Emphasize developing the area of strength -- On-line resources -- Show kids interesting things -- Learning reading in children -- People need to touch in order to perceive -- Mentors are essential -- We need to get back to doing real stuff -- Employer priorities for college graduates -- Keys to successful employment on the autism spectrum -- Sensory processing disorder occurs with many other disorders (co-morbid) -- Auditory processing problems -- Attention shifting slowness -- Structural MRI connections -- Accommodations in the work place -- It takes a village to raise a child.…”
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Different kinds of minds contribute to society

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Different minds may process information differently -- When does normal variation become an abnormality? -- Genetics of personality traits are like a music mixing board -- Brain scans -- Auditory -- Axon projection field much less organized -- Abnormalities in left hemisphere -- Develop talents in the individual's specialist brain -- Evidence for two types of visualizers -- Two categories of mathematicians -- Pattern thinking -- spatial visualizer -- The most obvious is the least obvious -- the value of humanities in university curriculum -- Animals see details -- Animals also "watch" with their ears for potential danger -- In humans, language covers up sensory based thinking -- bottom up thinking -- Teach concepts with multiple examples -- associative thinking -- How to categorize problems when troubleshooting in both industry and schools -- Dogfooding stops too much top down thinking -- Tips for helping kids who are different to succeed -- Kids doing projects and playing games where the rules and duties are negotiated teaches valuable social skills -- Taking hands-on classes out of the schools is really bad -- Emphasize developing the area of strength -- On-line resources -- Show kids interesting things -- Learning reading in children -- People need to touch in order to perceive -- Mentors are essential -- We need to get back to doing real stuff -- Employer priorities for college graduates -- Keys to successful employment on the autism spectrum -- Sensory processing disorder occurs with many other disorders (co-morbid) -- Auditory processing problems -- Attention shifting slowness -- Structural MRI connections -- Accommodations in the work place -- It takes a village to raise a child.…”
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Different kinds of minds contribute to society

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Different minds may process information differently -- When does normal variation become an abnormality? -- Genetics of personality traits are like a music mixing board -- Brain scans -- Auditory -- Axon projection field much less organized -- Abnormalities in left hemisphere -- Develop talents in the individual's specialist brain -- Evidence for two types of visualizers -- Two categories of mathematicians -- Pattern thinking -- spatial visualizer -- The most obvious is the least obvious -- the value of humanities in university curriculum -- Animals see details -- Animals also "watch" with their ears for potential danger -- In humans, language covers up sensory based thinking -- bottom up thinking -- Teach concepts with multiple examples -- associative thinking -- How to categorize problems when troubleshooting in both industry and schools -- Dogfooding stops too much top down thinking -- Tips for helping kids who are different to succeed -- Kids doing projects and playing games where the rules and duties are negotiated teaches valuable social skills -- Taking hands-on classes out of the schools is really bad -- Emphasize developing the area of strength -- On-line resources -- Show kids interesting things -- Learning reading in children -- People need to touch in order to perceive -- Mentors are essential -- We need to get back to doing real stuff -- Employer priorities for college graduates -- Keys to successful employment on the autism spectrum -- Sensory processing disorder occurs with many other disorders (co-morbid) -- Auditory processing problems -- Attention shifting slowness -- Structural MRI connections -- Accommodations in the work place -- It takes a village to raise a child.…”
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