?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Autism%E2%80%99s+direct+cause%3F+Failure+of+infant-mother+eye+contact+in+a+complex+adaptive+system+&rft.creator=McDowell%2C+Doctor+Maxson+J&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=This+paper+shows+that+an+experimental+hypothesis+is+plausible+and+merits+testing.+In+brief+the+hypothesis+is+that+autism+begins+with+a+failure+in+early+learning+and+that+changing+the+environment+of+early+learning+would+dramatically+change+its+incidence.+Strong+statistical+evidence+supporting+this+hypothesis+was+published+by+Waldman+et+al.+(2008)+but+this+evidence+has+largely+been+ignored%2C+perhaps+because+it+challenges+prevalent+beliefs+about+autism.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+paper+also+suggests+that+the+current+epidemic+of+autism+is+serious+enough%2C+and+intellectually+mysterious+enough%2C+to+merit+attention+from+a+wider+community+of+cognitive+scientists%3A+new+ideas+are+needed.+A+confirmation+of+this+paper%E2%80%99s+hypothesis+would+have+interesting+implications+for+cognitive+science.+&rft.publisher=MIT+Press+Journals+(now+Springer)&rft.contributor=Callebaut%2C+Doctor+Werner&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9124%2F1%2Fcarl.jung.284.cgpt.html&rft.identifier=++McDowell%2C+Doctor+Maxson+J++(2011)+Autism%E2%80%99s+direct+cause%3F+Failure+of+infant-mother+eye+contact+in+a+complex+adaptive+system.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9124%2F