Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Attention is a key component of learning. Think of how hard it is to learn someone’s name if all you can think about is the eyelash on their cheek. The same can be said for language learning.
When Heather Huismann was in middle school she called the police on her teacher. “He was not teaching me very well,” Heather says.
A new review paper published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience from Bhattacharyya, associate professor of cell and regenerative biology, pulls together what is currently known about DS’s impact on brain development.
For young adults with Down syndrome, understanding speech is not only related to hearing abilities, but it may also be impacted by cognition.
Researchers at the Waisman Center are included in a recently launched a new long-term study to observe and track health data of people with Down syndrome from birth to adulthood
Sigan Hartley, 100 Women Distinguished Chair in Human Ecology and Human Development & Family Studies professor, and a team of researchers have received a $9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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.
[uw-reusable-content id=’29795′] Down syndrome is a genetic condition in which all cells in a person’s body have an extra copy of chromosome 21, also known as trisomy 21. Having this extra chromosome affects how an individual’s body and brain develops. Approximately one in 772 babies in the United States are born with Down syndrome, according …
It is well established that brain development looks different for individuals with Down syndrome, but how early do these differences appear?
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