Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes blindness due to loss of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors (PRs), which comprise the two outermost layers of the retina.
Title: Spatial Language and Cognition in Autistic Preschoolers Legend: Model predictions for the relationship between nonverbal spatial cognition (as measured by MSEL Visual Reception T-scores) and total child spatial words at visit 1 (30 months), visit 2 (44 months) and visit 4 (66 months), adjusted for overall child language Citation: Prescott, K., Crespo, K., & …
People say between 150 and 200 words a minute on average during a casual conversation.
Title: Semantic but not sensory-motor neural routes are shared across language and action domains Legend: Figure A – Compared to matched neurotypical (NT) participants, patients with left-hemisphere cerebrovascular accident (LCVA) imitated unnamed meaningful gestures more accurately than meaningless gestures. This finding suggests that semantic information was beneficial, whereas there was no added benefit of labeling/naming …
Lang likes to draw buildings and geometric shapes. Most of his drawings focus on interior spaces or places that have meaning to him like different places he has lived, a favorite restaurant, or exteriors of his home.
Autistic people are often described as "low-" or "high-functioning" based on their scores on cognitive tests. These terms are common in publications and in everyday communication.
A place such as the Waisman Center needs help to not only function at its highest level but to also ensure the needs of the community it serves are being met. This requires constant feedback, assistance, and support from various community partners.
Accumulating evidence indicates that asthma has systemic effects and impacts brain function.
Title: Gray matter microstructure differences in autistic males: A gray matter based spatial statistics study Citation: DiPiero, M. A., Surgent, O. J., Travers, B. G., Alexander, A. L., Lainhart, J. E., & Dean Iii, D. C. (2023). Gray matter microstructure differences in autistic males: A gray matter based spatial statistics study. NeuroImage. Clinical, 37, 103306. …
The relative abundance of only some taxa (e.g., Bifidobacteriaceae) were specifically associated with progesterone.
