Publications by authors named "E H Asp"
A neural network for religious fundamentalism derived from patients with brain lesions.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- Religious fundamentalism is a global phenomenon rooted in strict belief systems, and its psychological and neurobiological underpinnings can help address various societal issues.
- Research suggests that brain lesions influencing levels of religious fundamentalism are connected to a specific brain network, primarily located in the right hemisphere, including areas like the orbitofrontal and prefrontal lobes.
- Connections between this fundamentalism network and other conditions (like confabulation and criminal behavior) point to a relationship between brain structure and behaviors often associated with cognitive rigidity and hostility towards others.
Monensin induces secretory granule-mediated cell death in eosinophils.
J Allergy Clin Immunol
November 2023
Background: Eosinophils contribute to the pathology of several types of disorders, in particular of allergic nature, and strategies to limit their actions are therefore warranted.
Objective: We sought to evaluate the possibility of targeting the acidic, lysosome-like eosinophil granules as a potential means of inducing eosinophil cell death.
Methods: To this end, we used monensin, an ionophoric drug that has previously been shown to permeabilize the secretory granules of mast cells, thereby inducing cell death.
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are neurodevelopmental/neurobehavioral conditions caused by prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). Impairments caused by PAE contribute to the over-representation of individuals with FASD in the United States juvenile and adult criminal justice systems. These same impairments can equally impact on individuals with FASD who are witnesses to or victims of crime who also have to navigate the complexities of the criminal justice system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Complex syntax is affected by developmental language disorder (DLD) during the school years. Targeting areas of syntactic difficulty for children with DLD may yield useful assessment techniques.
Aims: To determine whether wh-movement can be measured in language samples from typically developing mono- and bilingual school-aged children, and, if so, to provide preliminary evidence of validity by comparison with traditional measures of syntax in a cross-sectional, known-groups design.