Mark Wallace

Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute

Mark Wallace is dean of the graduate school at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Mobile with objects like earbuds, ears, eyes and black and white striped disk hanging
Spectrum Microphone

We need precise measurements of sensory traits related to autism

By Mark Wallace
30 July 2019 | 5 min read
Spectrum Microphone

Timing is key to understanding sensory, social issues in autism

By Mark Wallace
9 August 2016 | 8 min read

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