Mirko Uljarević is clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University in California.
Mirko Uljarević
Senior Research Fellow
School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia
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Teasing apart insistence on sameness with Mirko Uljarević
The hallmark autism trait has multiple facets, Uljarević and his colleagues have found.
Teasing apart insistence on sameness with Mirko Uljarević
By
Lauren Schenkman
30 October 2023 | 6 min read
In search of ‘social’ subtypes of autism
Grouping autistic people based on their social abilities may reveal subtypes of the condition.
In search of ‘social’ subtypes of autism
By
Thomas Frazier, Mirko Uljarević
21 July 2020 | 5 min read
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‘The Fox, the Shrew, and You: How Brains Evolved,’ an excerpt
In his new book, Rogier Mars provides a detailed account of animal and human brain evolution. In this excerpt from Chapter 1, he starts with the sea squirt—and why it needs the brain it eats after its larval stage.
‘The Fox, the Shrew, and You: How Brains Evolved,’ an excerpt
In his new book, Rogier Mars provides a detailed account of animal and human brain evolution. In this excerpt from Chapter 1, he starts with the sea squirt—and why it needs the brain it eats after its larval stage.
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Rogier Mars
10 March 2026 | 6 min read