Below is a sampling of articles among the hundreds I’ve edited at Spectrum, Scientific American and Scientific American Mind. As an editor, I pay attention to storytelling and craft, logic and structure, scientific support for stated ideas, and accuracy at every level. I collaborate closely with writers and scientist-authors to help them produce their best possible work.
- How one communication tool may fail some autistic people. By Brendan Borrell. (Spectrum, 2021 Azbee Award of Excellence: National Bronze Award for Impact/Investigative)
- Low standards corrode quality of popular autism therapy. By Emily Sohn. (Spectrum, 2021 Azbee Award of Excellence: Regional Bronze Award for Impact/Investigative)
- Speaking in Tones. Music and language are partners in the brain. Our sense of song helps us learn to talk, read and even make friends. By Diana Deutsch. (Scientific American Mind, 2011 Science Writing Award from the Acoustical Society of America)
- Buried Prejudice. Deep within our brain, all of us harbor biases that we consciously abhor. And the worst part is: We act on them. By Siri Carpenter. (Scientific American Mind, 2009 American Society of Journalists and Authors, Outstanding Article Award)
- When Passion is the Enemy. People with borderline personality disorder endure emotional extremes that can rip apart their lives. By Molly Knight Raskin. (Scientific American Mind, 2010 Winner of the American Psychoanalytic Association Award for Excellence in Journalism)
- Love and Death. One family’s tragedy underscores the perils of concealing abuse by an intimate partner. By Allison Bressler. (Scientific American Mind)
- The Engine of Memory. Even after his death, the famous amnesic H.M. is revolutionizing our understanding of how memory works and how we maintain it as we age. By Don McKay. (Scientific American Mind)
- When Character Crumbles. A little-known dementia that destroys social sensibilities and emotions reveals the neural roots of personality. By Ingfei Chen. (Scientific American Mind)
- Shifting Focus. Tiny subconscious eye movements called microsaccades stave off blindness in all of us — and can even betray our hidden desires. By Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik. (Scientific American Mind)
- Meet the mitomaniacs who say mitochondria matter in autism. By Laura Dattaro (Spectrum)
- Autism behind bars. By Peter Hess (Spectrum)
- A quest for Quincy: Gene therapies come of age for some forms of autism. By Lydia Denworth and Brendan Borrell (Spectrum)
- Radical online communities and their toxic allure for autistic men. By Brendan Borrell (Spectrum)
- Let There Be Light. By engineering brain cells to switch on or off in response to light, scientists are unlocking the mysteries of the mind and crafting new remedies for brain disorders. By Edward S. Boyden. (Scientific American Mind)
- Knowing Your Chances. When might an HIV test be wrong? Are your chances of surviving cancer better in the U.S. or in England? Learn how to put aside unjustified fears and hopes and how to weigh your real risk of illness—or likelihood of recovery. (Scientific American Mind)
- The blurred line between autism and intellectual disability. (Spectrum)
- Growing old with autism (Spectrum)
- How autism shapes sibling relationships (Spectrum)
- How scientists secure the data driving autism research (Spectrum)
- The benefits of special interests in autism (Spectrum)
- Finding strengths in autism (Spectrum)
- Mapping the futures of autistic children (Spectrum)
- Moving for autism care (Spectrum)
- What studying worms, flies and fish says about autism (Spectrum)
- Despite flurry of findings, doubts dog gut microbes’ role in autism (Spectrum)
- Rising Star: Brian Lee pushes the limits of autism epidemiology (Spectrum)
- Elizabeth Berry-Kravis: Running a marathon for fragile X syndrome (Spectrum)
- Eric Courchesne: Reaching for the rings in autism research (Spectrum)
- Autism researcher Alysson Muotri’s audacious plans for brain organoids (Spectrum)
- Shafali Jeste: Early autism meets its match (Spectrum)