tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36004365.post116141094248079353..comments2023-07-31T04:15:31.778-07:00Comments on Television vs Children (TV extended to screen activities): TV Really Might Cause AutismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36004365.post-1161571877434111642006-10-22T19:51:00.000-07:002006-10-22T19:51:00.000-07:00I do agree, it seems strange to make that kind of ...I do agree, it seems strange to make that kind of conclusions. May be that is why the title say "might" and not "do"?<BR/>What I love about those studies is the fact that they do question TV exposure. <BR/>That is why I posted that one, just for us to think about some new possibilities...<BR/>AnnickAnnick-Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12410343759803482607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36004365.post-1161558684556305552006-10-22T16:11:00.000-07:002006-10-22T16:11:00.000-07:00I absolutely agree - this research is a curiosity ...I absolutely agree - this research is a curiosity and will make a great illustration for university research students of how *not* to report correlational research. It doesn't help your argument at all. Some correlational relationships are causal, but some are not - all these statistics show is that as one thing goes up, so does another. The best one can hope for is for it to raise some questions (e.g. indoor air quality mentioned in one of the reports on this research)about things that might be relevant to the triggering of autism. Which...by the way...probably has multiple pathways and causes creating the fairly diverse set of symptoms we call 'autism spectrum disorder', so looking for one causative factor is naive. SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36004365.post-1161541294950676222006-10-22T11:21:00.000-07:002006-10-22T11:21:00.000-07:00I would hesitate to jump on the bandwagon for the ...I would hesitate to jump on the bandwagon for the specious claim contained in this research. A huge percentage of children who have been diagnosed as autistic have serious medical problems: for example, inflammatory conditions of the digestive tract occur in a huge percentage of autistic children. Does that mean a study like this is pointing to the fact that tv viewing causes inflammatory diseases of the digestive tract?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com