Articles, Abstracts, Research Papers and Related Information for Kirby Practitioners and Other Professionals

Auditory stimuli can be designed and introduced via the auditory system to areas of the brain that are specifically associated with autism, ADHD, and related disorders. The following articles, while not specifically about AIT, describe some of the pioneering research being done in the area of fractal time fluctuations (1/f) and their relationship to brain function. Much of this research serves as the theoretical basis for the Kirby Method of Auditory Integration Training. Of particular recent interest are the articles about the relationship of the cerebellar vermis to ADHD and other disorders. I would like to give special thanks to Dr. Carl Anderson of the Harvard University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry for kind permission to post some of his work on our website.
Wayne Kirby
1 August 2006

Emotional task-dependent low-frequency fluctuations and methylphenidate: Wavelet scaling analysis of 1/f-type fluctuations in fMRI of the cerebellar vermis
Carl M. Anderson a,b,., Steven B. Lowena,b, Perry F. Renshawa,b
a
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA b Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478-9106, USA

From molecules to mindfulness: How vertically convergent fractal time Fluctuations unify cognition and emotion
Carl M. Anderson, Harvard Medical School

The function of the cerebellum in cognition, affect and consciousness: Empirical support for the embodied mind
Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Carl M. Anderson, Natika Newton, and Ralph Ellis
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital (Schmahmann)
Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital (Anderson)
Editors of Consciousness & Emotion (Newton, Ellis)

Effects of Methylphenidate on Functional Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry of the Cerebellar Vermis in Boys With ADHD
Carl M. Anderson, Ph.D., Ann Polcari, R.N., Ph.D., Steven B. Lowen, Ph.D., Perry F. Renshaw, M.D., Ph.D., Martin H. Teicher, M.D., Ph.D.

Cerebellar Vermis Involvement in Cocaine-Related Behaviors
Carl M Anderson1, Luis C Maas1, Blaise deB Frederick1, Jacob T Bendor2, Thomas J Spencer3, Eli Livni3,
Scott E Lukas4, Alan J Fischman3, Bertha K Madras2, Perry F Renshaw1 and Marc J Kaufman*,1
1Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA, USA; 2Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neurochemistry, New England Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, MA, USA; 3Division of Nuclear Medicine of the Department of
Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; 4Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA, USA

Abnormal T2 relaxation time in the cerebellar vermis of adults sexually abused in childhood: potential role of the vermis in stress-enhanced risk for drug abuse
Carl M. Anderson a, b,*, Martin H. Teicher a, b, Ann Polcari a, b, Perry F. Renshaw a, b
a
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
b Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program and Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, 115
Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA

Reciprocal T2RT fluctuations in striatum and cerebellum correlate with subjective desire following oral methylphenidate
C.M. Anderson1, M.H. Teicher2, M.M. Silveri1, S.E. Lukas 1, P.F. Renshaw1, M.J. Kaufman1,1Brain Imaging Ctr. & 2Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program., McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA.


Special thanks to Carl M. Anderson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry,
Harvard Medical School &
The Brain Imaging Center,
McLean Hospital 115 Mill St. Belmont, MA 02478
Ph: 617-855-2972 Fax: 617-855-2770
webpages: http://remfractal.mclean.org
email: carl_anderson@hms.harvard.edu