Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Although movement variability is often attributed to unwanted noise in the motor system, recent work has demonstrated that variability may be actively controlled.
The first two years of the grant provided funding for two seminars in an academic year, but in a short span, seeing the tangible benefits these had, they expanded from two lectures a year, to two a month.
A team of investigators at the Waisman Center was recently awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health to both improve brain imaging techniques for infants and build a quantitative atlas of typical early brain development.
Neural stem cells (NSCs) in the adult brain are primarily quiescent. When they receive signals, they can activate, re-entering into the cell cycle. Technologies capable of detecting a quiescent from an activated NSC in live cells are limited.
English Por Charlene N. Rivera Bonet, Escritora Científica, Waisman Center Daniel Kliewer y su padre se sientan en el único auto estacionado justo afuera de la Clínica TIES del Waisman Center en la avenida Olin. Daniel viene regularmente a la clínica para ver al psiquiatra Steve Singer, MD. Pero es domingo en la mañana y …
English Por Emily Leclerc, Escritora Científica, Waisman Center Ella no se levanta del sofá. Ella se niega a moverse, eligiendo en cambio envolverse en mantas. No ha salido de casa en días. Shawn Bass sabe que este no es un comportamiento típico para ella. “Sabemos que esta es una estrategia de afrontamiento que ella tiene …
English Por Charlene N. Rivera Bonet, Escritora Científica, Waisman Center Con la boca bien abierta, habla lenta y pronunciación y cadencia exageradas, también conocido como lenguaje de ballenas, Josh Lapin, MSSW, director de Community TIES (Servicios de Capacitación, Intervención y Evaluación) distrajo a su cliente autista de un momento de creciente angustia en medio de …
Around 1986, there was a paradigm shift across the country to bring individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) out of institutions and inclusively integrate them into the community.
English Por Charlene N. Rivera Bonet, Escritora Científica, Waisman Center Alrededor del 1986, hubo un cambio de paradigma en todo el país para sacar a las personas con discapacidades intelectuales y del desarrollo (IDD, por sus siglas en inglés) fuera de instituciones e integrarlas de manera inclusiva en la comunidad. En el Waisman Center, Universidad …
During her time with the Friends board, Carol Palmer defined the meaning of an extraordinary board member through her leadership, dedication, and vision that helped elevate the board to new heights.
