Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Smith received the grant to support a pilot study that will test the effectiveness of "Transitioning Together," an adolescent-and-family intervention for reducing stress and improving coping strategies during the transition to adulthood.
Mealtimes aren't quite as enjoyable for people with phenylketonuria (PKU) as they are for the rest of us.
A research article from the Vocal Tract Development Laboratory at the Waisman Center (Principal Investigator, Houri K. Vorperian, Ph.D.) is the recipient of the 2010 Editor's Award for the Speech section of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
The majority of individuals with Rett syndrome are female and are considered genetically 'mosaic' due to random inactivation of the X-chromosome (XCI) which occurs in around half of all their cells.
Susan Axelrod is Chair and founding member of Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE).
Can we exercise our brains to make ourselves happier, healthier and more compassionate?
The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (CIHM) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a grant from the Dalai Lama's personal trust to further its research mission.
It comes as no surprise that many children suffer when a parent is behind bars. But as rates of incarceration grew over the past 30 years, researchers were slow to focus on the collateral damage to children.
Using novel screens to sort through libraries of drugs already approved for use in human patients, a team of Wisconsin researchers has identified several compounds that could be used to treat a rare and deadly neurological disorder.
Saffran is an investigator at the Waisman Center and a Distinguished Professor of Psychology in the College of Letters & Science. Her lab, the Infant Learning Lab, has an international reputation in the area of developmental psychology and she has received a number of major awards, including several early career awards from the American Psychological Association.
