"We have to remain humble about our understanding……" — Thomas R. Insel
"We have to remain humble about our understanding of the brain, because even our most powerful tools remain pretty blunt instruments for decoding the brain. In fact, we still do not know how to decipher the basic language of how the brain works."
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Thomas R. Insel
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As a scientist leading a funding agency for autism research, I think of autism as a neurodevelopmental disorder.
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What causes autism? As far as we know in 2013, there is no single gene or single environmental factor that…
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