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A new study by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers suggests that executive control differences in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be the result of a unique approach, rather than an impairment.
Executive control difficulties are common in individuals with autism and are associated with challenges completing tasks and managing time. The study, published in
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, sought to tease out whether these difficulties represent a disruption in proactive executive control (engaged and maintained before a cognitively demanding event) or in reactive executive control (engaged as the event occurs).
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the researchers took brain scans of 141 adolescents and young adults ages 12-22 (64 with autism, 77 neurotypical controls) enrolled in the Cognitive Control in Autism Study. During the scan, the participants completed a task that required them to adapt their behavior.
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Lauren London addresses pregnancy rumors
Lauren London and Nipsey Hussle (Image source: Instagram – @laurenlondon)
Rumors have swirled for the past week that actress Lauren London is expecting a child.
London was the longtime girlfriend of rapper Nipsey Hussle, the celebrated businessman, humanitarian and philanthropist who was killed on March 31, 2019.
But “The Game” and “Games People Play” actress stormed onto her Twitter account and quickly squelched the rumor.
“Woke up to some straight bull -. Rumors! Lies! On a woman trying her best to heal?! Please stop. I’m NOT pregnant,” London, 36, tweeted on Wednesday, Feb. 10. She has not returned multiple media inquiries for an official comment, according to
Lauren London took to Twitter on Feb. 10 to directly respond to the recent pregnancy rumors generated by a now-retracted Los Angeles Sentinel article published earlier this week. These claims came nearly two years after the death of London’s longtime love, rapper
The 36-year-old wrote while denying the “lies,” “Woke up to some straight bulls–t. Rumors! Lies! On a woman trying her best to heal?! Please stop. I’m NOT pregnant.” The actress also reiterated that statement by sharing the tweet on her Instagram story, immediately followed by a post saying, “Now back to my sacred healing circle #LLNH” (an abbreviation for Long Live Nipsey Hussle).