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Are you a young adult with Down syndrome looking to make brain waves for science? (Litovsky)

Posted on March 11, 2024

Our Goals: We hope you will be a part of the first study for young adults with Down syndrome to combine: Who can help? Young adults with Down syndrome who are: 18 to 24 years …

Posted in Brain Imaging, Down syndrome, Hearing Impairments, Studies Currently RecruitingTagged down syn, Down syndrome, Hearing, Ruth Litovsky

Tristan Mahr, PhD (Hustad Lab) – Slide of the Week

Posted on March 8, 2024

Intelligibility as a function of speaking rate and age in different utterance lengths

Posted in Slide of the Week

Life as neurodivergent people in Wisconsin

Posted on March 8, 2024

Waisman Center clinicians, Madeline Barger and Megan Farley, were featured on Wisconsin Public Radio’s The Morning Show on “Life as Neurodivergent People in Wisconsin”.

Posted in 2024, Autism, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, NewsTagged Madeline Barger, Megan Farley, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Radio Show

Graduate student receives teaching award

Posted on March 8, 2024

Brooke Sasia, who is a graduate student in Waisman investigator James Li’s lab, recently received the Early Excellence in Teaching Award.

Posted in 2024, Awards and Honors, News, TraineeTagged Brooke Sasia, James Li, Teaching Award

Kids who feel their parents are less reliable take fewer risks vital to learning and growth

Posted on March 6, 2024

Trying something new is a risk every child undertakes as they explore and learn about the world. While risk can be costly, it can also pay off in rewards or knowledge.

Posted in Emotions, NewsTagged Parents, Risk, Seth Pollak

Ben Parrell, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on March 4, 2024

When individuals make a movement that produces an unexpected outcome, they learn from the resulting error.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Ben Parrell, Slide of the Week

Pelin Cengiz, MD –  Slide of the Week

Posted on February 23, 2024

Neonatal hypoxia ischemia (HI) related brain injury is one of the major causes of life-long neurological morbidities that result in learning and memory impairments.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Brain Injury, Neonatal Hypoxia Ischemia (HI), Pelin Cengiz, Sex-Specific, Slide of the Week

Caroline A Niziolek, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on February 16, 2024

How does cognitive inhibition influence speaking? The Stroop effect is a classic demonstration of the interference between reading and color naming.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Carrie Niziolek, Cognition, Slide of the Week, speech, Stroop task

Leveraging Technology to Identify Outcome Measures for Young Children with Down Syndrome (Sterling)

Posted on February 15, 2024

Our study aims to learn more about how language samples collected in the home can be used to measure the language development of children with Down syndrome.

Posted in Down syndrome, Speech and Language, Studies Currently RecruitingTagged Audra Sterling, Down syndrome, Technology

James J. Li, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on February 9, 2024

ADHD polygenic scores (PGSs) have been previously shown to predict ADHD outcomes in several studies. However, ADHD PGSs are typically correlated with ADHD but not necessarily reflective of causal mechanisms.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged ADHD, Brain volume, Functional annotation, James Li, Multiple mediation, Polygenic scores, Slide of the Week
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