Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Thirty-two UW–Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research for 2024-25. The awardees span the four research divisions on campus: arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological sciences. These include two Waisman investigators, Andrew Alexander, PhD, and Lauren Bishop, PhD, who were awarded fellowships from the …
Adversity during infancy can affect neurobehavioral development and perturb the maturation of physiological systems. Dysregulated immune and inflammatory responses contribute to many of the later effects on health.
Three Waisman Center investigators and affiliates were awarded an internal grant to support Down syndrome research in its early stages. The funds were made possible through the Ann Dewey Down Syndrome Catalyst Fund at the Waisman Center.
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.
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.
Bilingual children can be flexible in the ways they learn two languages simultaneously.
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 como en español en el mismo lapso de tiempo que aprenden palabras solo en inglés, según muestra un estudio nuevo . …
Formation of synapses, the connections among nerve cells, is a critical process in brain development.
One Waisman Center investigator and two graduate students awarded Fulbright scholarships
The neural correlates of predictive processing in language, critical for efficient sentence comprehension, is well documented in adults.
