Stimulant medications such as Ritalin have been prescribed for decades to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and their popularity as “cognition enhancers” has recently surged among the healthy, as well.
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Wiley to tackle interim role leading new institute
Outgoing Chancellor John D. Wiley has been named the new interim director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID), the public half of the new research center that promises to be a model of interdisciplinary science and public-private collaboration.
Waisman’s Conference Center Named in Honor of Chancellor Wiley
The Waisman Center’s premier conference center has been renamed in honor of Chancellor John D. Wiley.
Scientists study links between brain, meditation
Meditation matters. Brain scientists are using the age-old practice to understand stress and pain reduction, attention spans, even compassion.
Wisconsin participates in national autism education program
State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster announced that the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS), the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, three Wisconsin school districts, and one early childhood program in the state are among the first partners in an innovative national effort to improve autism education.
Project Summer targets employment opportunities for youth with disabilities
High schools across the country strive to prepare youth for adulthood, but there are additional challenges for youth with disabilities during this transition.
School of Education Honors Len Abbeduto
Leonard J. Abbeduto, PhD, was one of seven members of the School of Education who was selected to receive a Distinguished Achievement Award, the highest honor the School bestows upon current faculty and staff. Abbeduto and …
Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain
Can we train ourselves to be compassionate? A new study suggests the answer is yes. Cultivating compassion and kindness through meditation affects brain regions that can make a person more empathetic to other peoples’ mental states, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Abbeduto named the Charles J. Anderson Professor of Education; receives Kellett Mid-Career Award
Len Abbeduto, Waisman Center Associate Director for Behavioral Sciences and Director of the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (also at the Waisman Center), was recently named the Charles J. Anderson Professor of Education. …
Marsha Mailick Seltzer, PhD, tapped to chair search committee for new UW-Madison chancellor
Marsha Mailick Seltzer, Vaughan Bascom Professor of Social Work and Pediatrics at UW-Madison, will chair the search committee.