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”.
lrrowley
Graduate student receives teaching award
Brooke Sasia, who is a graduate student in Waisman investigator James Li’s lab, recently received the Early Excellence in Teaching Award.
Kids who feel their parents are less reliable take fewer risks vital to learning and growth
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.
Ben Parrell, PhD – Slide of the Week
When individuals make a movement that produces an unexpected outcome, they learn from the resulting error.
Pelin Cengiz, MD – Slide of the Week
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.
Caroline A Niziolek, PhD – Slide of the Week
How does cognitive inhibition influence speaking? The Stroop effect is a classic demonstration of the interference between reading and color naming.
Leveraging Technology to Identify Outcome Measures for Young Children with Down Syndrome (Sterling)
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.
James J. Li, PhD – Slide of the Week
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.
The Clinical Translational Core at the Waisman Center welcomes new manager Laura Bradley
The Clinical Translational Core (CTC) welcomed Laura Bradley, MS, as the new manager last October.
Darcie L. Moore, PhD – Slide of the Week
Musashi1, a neural RNA binding protein, is important in translationally repressing target transcripts during quiescence in adult hippocampal neural stem cells