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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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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