?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Eye-contact+and+complex+dynamic+systems%3A+an+hypothesis+on+autism%E2%80%99s+direct+cause+and+a+clinical+study+addressing+prevention.&rft.creator=McDowell%2C+Dr+Maxson+J.&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Behavioral+Biology&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.subject=Clinical+Psychology&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Psychobiology&rft.description=+%0D%0A++%0D%0AEstimates+of+autism%E2%80%99s+incidence+increased+5-10+fold+in+ten+years%2C+an+increase+which+cannot+be+genetic.+Though+many+mutations+are+associated+with+autism%2C+no+mutation+seems+directly+to+cause+autism.+We+need+to+find+the+direct+cause.+Complexity+science+provides+a+new+paradigm+-+confirmed+in+biology+by+extensive+hard+data.+Both+the+body+and+the+personality+are+complex+dynamic+systems+which+spontaneously+self-organize+from+simple+dynamic+systems.+Autism+may+therefore+be+caused+by+the+failure+of+a+simple+dynamic+system.+%0D%0A%0D%0A+We+know+that+infants+who+cannot+track+their+mother%E2%80%99s+face+often+become+autistic%2C+that+eye-contact+initiates+intersubjectivity+which+is+blocked+in+autism%2C+and+that+the+infant-mother+pair+seems+designed+to+promote+eye-contact%2C+as+does+the+eye%E2%80%99s+appearance.+This+author+earlier+proposed+that+failure+of+eye-contact+might+directly+cause+autism+and+that+early+non-maternal+childcare%2C+including+television%2Fvideo%2C+would+therefore+be+statistically+linked+to+autism.%0D%0A%0D%0A+Waldman+et+al.+(2008%3B+2006)+recently+proved+that+autism+is+strongly+linked+to+precipitation+(indoor+activity)+and+to+the+introduction+of+cable.+The+most+plausible+explanation%3F+Early+exposure+to+television%2Fvideo+is+linked+to+autism.+Furthermore+a+normal+developmental+cascade+(blocked+in+autism)+has+been+deciphered%3A+(a)+Infant-mother+eye-contact+triggers+increased+maternal+attention.+(b)+Early+maternal+attention+permanently+increases+not+only+baseline+vasopressin+but+also+that+oxytocin+release+which+is+triggered+by+subsequent+maternal+attention.+(c)+Vasopressin+and+oxytocin+promote+face+recognition%2C+gazing-at-the-eyes%2C+emotion+recognition%2C+and+social+bonding.+%0D%0A%0D%0A+The+eye-contact+hypothesis+suggests+a+clinical+study+addressing+prevention%3A+recruit+prospective+parents+who+agree+to+curtail+television%2Fvideo%2Fcomputer%2Fwi-fi+in+their+families%3B+measure+autism%E2%80%99s+incidence+in+their+children.+%0D%0A+&rft.publisher=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.contributor=Bloom%2C+Dr.+Paul&rft.contributor=Finlay%2C+Dr.+Barbara&rft.date=2010-12-20&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7168%2F1%2Fautism.circulate.1.11.html&rft.identifier=++McDowell%2C+Dr+Maxson+J.++(2010)+Eye-contact+and+complex+dynamic+systems%3A+an+hypothesis+on+autism%E2%80%99s+direct+cause+and+a+clinical+study+addressing+prevention.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7168%2F