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2012

Educational games to train middle schoolers’ attention, empathy

Posted on May 12, 2012

Two years ago Richard Davidson challenged video game manufacturers to develop games that emphasize kindness and compassion instead of violence and aggression.

Posted in 2012, Brain Imaging, Infant and Childhood Development, News

Editorial: Swing for the Waisman Center

Posted on April 17, 2012

It’s an amazing place, studying causes and potential treatments for conditions like autism, Alzheimer’s and seizure disorders.

Posted in 2012, News, Service

Waisman Center Researchers Shape Stem Cell Landscape

Posted on April 1, 2012

Read about researchers making major breakthroughs in stem cell work.

Posted in 2012, News, Stem Cells

CDC estimates 1 in 88 children in United States has been identified as having an autism spectrum disorder

Posted on March 30, 2012

Autism spectrum disorders are almost five times more common among boys than girls – with 1 in 54 boys identified.

Posted in 2012, Autism, NewsTagged Maureen Durkin, WISADDS

Professor works with kids and their families to get better use of their cochlear implants

Posted on March 23, 2012

Ruth Litovsky and her team at the Waisman Center work with kids and their families from across the country to get better use of their cochlear implants.

Posted in 2012, Hearing, Hearing Research, NewsTagged Cochlear Implants, Ruth Litovsky, Video

Speaker to shed light on how children interact

Posted on March 17, 2012

My own research is really interested in how kids think about themselves and other people as members of different social groups, and the kind of information that’s salient to them very early in development, and what might give rise to other kinds of categories and distinctions later.

Posted in 2012, Infant and Childhood Development, News

Stem cells hint at potential treatment for Huntington’s disease

Posted on March 15, 2012

GABA neurons are the brain cells whose degradation causes Huntington’s disease, a condition characterized by severely degraded motor function, among other things.

Posted in 2012, Neurodegenerative, NewsTagged GABA, Huntington's disease

Scientists Produce Eye Structures from Human Blood-Derived Stem Cells

Posted on March 13, 2012

For the first time, scientists at the UW-Madison have made early retina structures containing proliferating neuroretinal progenitor cells using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from human blood.

Posted in 2012, News, Stem Cells, VisionTagged David Gamm, Retinal Cells

In new book, leading neuroscientist describes your brain on emotion

Posted on March 3, 2012

Building on more than 30 years of cutting-edge brain research, a new book by Richard J. Davidson offers an inside look into how emotions are coded in our brains and our power to control them.

Posted in 2012, Brain Imaging, Emotions, NewsTagged Book, Richie Davidson

Appleton Education Foundation Program looks at early childhood development

Posted on February 21, 2012

Parents have little access to research on early childhood development, something the Appleton Education Foundation hopes to rectify with this year’s Community Education Program.

Posted in 2012, Hearing, Infant and Childhood Development, News
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