Comments on: Long Fingers and Lotsa Exercise http://www.blisstree.com/articles/long-fingers-and-lotsa-exercise/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:53:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: My Autism Insights http://www.blisstree.com/articles/long-fingers-and-lotsa-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-562489 My Autism Insights Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:05:44 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/long-fingers-and-lotsa-exercise/#comment-562489 "The new study, conducted using 1,000 white mice, seems to support a stronger connection between digit length, voluntary exercise and high levels of prenatal stress hormones..." Gus also has really long fingers and is almost constantly in motion. But the last part about the prenatal stress hormones is interesting and a little concerning to me. I was teaching on a juvenile jail while I was pregnant with him and I've always wondered if the high level of stress I experienced effected him. “The new study, conducted using 1,000 white mice, seems to support a stronger connection between digit length, voluntary exercise and high levels of prenatal stress hormones…”

Gus also has really long fingers and is almost constantly in motion. But the last part about the prenatal stress hormones is interesting and a little concerning to me. I was teaching on a juvenile jail while I was pregnant with him and I’ve always wondered if the high level of stress I experienced effected him.

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/long-fingers-and-lotsa-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-560103 Kristina Chew, PhD Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:57:18 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/long-fingers-and-lotsa-exercise/#comment-560103 Now I'm going to have to look up that film again.......or watch some footage of Gould himself at the keyboard. Now I’m going to have to look up that film again…….or watch some footage of Gould himself at the keyboard.

]]> By: Phil Schwarz http://www.blisstree.com/articles/long-fingers-and-lotsa-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-557464 Phil Schwarz Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:05:46 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/long-fingers-and-lotsa-exercise/#comment-557464 The "Lake Simcoe" segment of <i>32 Short Films About Glenn Gould</i>, the very first film AANE screened in the film series I described in Autism and Representation, started playing in my mind as I read this post :-). The “Lake Simcoe” segment of 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould, the very first film AANE screened in the film series I described in Autism and Representation, started playing in my mind as I read this post :-) .

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