After an extensive national search, the Waisman Center is delighted to welcome Lily Wagner, PhD, BCBA, as the new director of the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Clinic.
Month: July 2024
Andrew McVea, MS, (Christian Lab) – Slide of the Week
Earlier beta-amyloid (Aβ) plaque accumulation and a higher prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease is seen in the Down syndrome (DS) population due to the triplication of chromosome 21 containing the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene.
Research seeks strategies to optimize dual language learning in bilingual children
Bilingual children can be flexible in the ways they learn two languages simultaneously.
Estudio busca estrategias para optimizar el aprendizaje de idiomas en niños bilingües
English Los niños bilingües pueden ser flexibles en la forma en la que aprenden dos idiomas simultáneamente. Aunque el ritmo de aprendizaje puede diferir entre estrategias, los niños pueden aprender palabras nuevas tanto en inglés …
Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD – Slide of the Week
Formation of synapses, the connections among nerve cells, is a critical process in brain development.
Fulbright takes Waisman worldwide: Three Waisman researchers awarded Fulbrights to expand research on a global scale
One Waisman Center investigator and two graduate students awarded Fulbright scholarships
Carlos Benítez-Barrera, PhD – Slide of the Week
The neural correlates of predictive processing in language, critical for efficient sentence comprehension, is well documented in adults.
Andrew Alexander, PhD – Slide of the Week
This investigation explores memory performance using the California Verbal Learning Test in relation to morphometric and connectivity measures of the memory network in severe traumatic brain injury.