A family’s commitment to Down syndrome research at the Waisman Center spans four decades and counting
When Heather Huismann was in middle school she called the police on her teacher. “He was not teaching me very well,” Heather says.
Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
When Heather Huismann was in middle school she called the police on her teacher. “He was not teaching me very well,” Heather says.
The endoplasmic reticulum acetylation machinery has emerged as a new branch of the larger endoplasmic reticulum quality control system.
Many individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities present complex behavioral and mental health challenges that can take the form of aggression, self-injurious behavior, or property destruction.
Este artículo es un resumen de un ensayo escrito por Seth Pollak, PhD, y Megan Gunnar, PhD, para la revista Daedelus. Puede ser difícil – y abrumador – tomar ciertas decisiones en cómo criar a un niño. ¿Cómo puedes saber si las decisiones que estás tomando van a hacer alguna diferencia o importar a largo …
A common – and actually important – question caregivers ask is when is the right time to introduce children to a specific experience – foods, activities, languages, motor skills, germs, and more.
Neural stem cells (NSCs) must exit quiescence to produce neurons; however, our understanding of this process remains constrained by the technical limitations of current technologies.
Imagine how it would feel to have a child born seemingly healthy, but then he struggles to grow, walk, learn or talk – and no one can figure out why.
Dr. Brittany Travers and the Motor and Brain Development Lab at the Waisman Center are recruiting children 5-13 years old for a research study that seeks to better understand how early developing brain areas may contribute to differences in behavior and sensory experiences in children on the autism spectrum compared to children not on the …
Our current research study examines speech characteristics in children and adolescents. We are recruiting typically developing children between the ages of 8 and 14 years to participate.
Bobby Gibbs, PhD...new assistant professor in communication sciences and disorders is establishing his research lab to study how strategies for optimizing acoustic information are affected by differences in the way neurons represent auditory information, such as neural degeneration and cochlear implants usage.