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e area of applied psychological research"), 1997 Oklahoma Scholar Leadership Enrichment Program Scholar 2001 Association for Psychological Science, William James Fellow Award, 2001 ("For significant lifetime intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology.") Quad L Award (for "outstanding life-

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are beneficial, for what individuals and in what contexts, and through what specific mechanisms. Recent research has made it patently clear that William James (1890, p. 442, 2) underestimated the faculties of human infants when he suggested that their first sensory experiences were a "blooming, buzzing

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ces are beneficial, for what individuals and in what contexts, and through what specific mechanisms. Recent research has made it patently clear that William James (1890, p. 442, 2) underestimated the faculties of human infants when he suggested that their first sensory experiences were a “blooming, buzzing conf

ns to loneliness in adults: The Netherlands twin register study. Behav Genet 2005;35:745-52. Williams KD. Ostracism: The power of silence. New York: Guilford Press; 2001. Cacioppo JT, Patrick B. Loneliness: Human nature and the need for social connection. New York: W. W. Norton & Company; 2008. 31. 32. 33.

Unfortunately, there are no clear categories, no bright lines separating normal from abnormal or uncommon. As the distinguished American psychologist William James noted, however, studying “the abnormal is the best way to understand the normal.” Let’s follow this logic. Consider the developmental disorder of au

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