Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Title: A single exposure to altered auditory feedback causes observable sensorimotor adaptation in speech Legend: A: The average first formant frequency (F1) trajectory for vowels that were spoken during (“compensation”; at left) or immediately after (“one-shot adaptation”; at right) a perturbation to auditory feedback that shifted F1 up (blue) or down (red). B: The probability …
Source: School of Medicine and Public Health Image above: A mature retinal organoid (left) and its cone photoreceptors Researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health have successfully shown that a retinal cell type derived from human pluripotent stem cells is capable of the complex process of detecting light and converting …
English Pensamientos de gratitud: la familia Manlick Por Emily Leclerc, Escritora Científica, Waisman Center James Manlick irá al baile de bienvenida de la escuela este año y simplemente no puede contener su emoción. Una gran sonrisa ilumina su rostro mientras habla sobre el baile. Como estudiante de último año de la escuela secundaria, esta será …
James Manlick is going to homecoming this year and he simply can’t contain his excitement. A huge smile lights up his face as he talks about the dance.
Si bien el entrenamiento de balance puede no parecer divertido para la mayoría de los adolescentes, los videojuegos generalmente sí lo son.
Title: A Gene‐Environment Interaction Study of Polygenic Scores and Maltreatment on Childhood ADHD Legend: The interaction between a categorized ADHD polygenic score (PGS) and maltreatment factor score was insignificant, although the main effects of both were statistically significant (not shown). Not shown: The categorized ADHD PGS was derived based on an empirically tested cut-point that …
While balance training may not necessarily sound fun to most adolescents, video games typically do. And for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, video games that improve their balance by teaching them yoga and tai chi poses also improves their posture, reduces the severity of their autism symptoms and influences the structure of their brains.
English Por Emily Leclerc, Escritora Científica, Waisman Center Tiaunta Martin es una orgullosa madre de tres hijos. Son de ojos brillantes, enérgicos y, por lo general, un torbellino de caos. Su hijo del medio, Benjamin, apodado Benji, es un niño inquieto de seis años que mantiene a Tiaunta en alerta constante. “Es el niño más …
Our knowledge to date about structural brain development across the lifespan in ASD comes mainly from cross-sectional studies, thereby limiting our understanding of true age effects within individuals with the disorder that can only be gained through longitudinal research.
A grant from Fighting Blindness Canada will allow Dave Gamm to further test the efficacy of an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) derived treatment that aims to replace damaged photoreceptor cells and restore some measure of vision.
