Marc Seal

Group leader
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Marc Seal is group leader of developmental imaging at Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia.

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Questions for Pua, Seal: What’s wrong with brain imaging work?

Despite the completion of hundreds of imaging studies in people with autism, researchers have yet to find features that distinguish people with the condition.

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