Rachel Kremen
Journalist
Freelance
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Funds add up for research plans that put focus on families
With billions of dollars in hand, a novel initiative is funding projects that involve people with disorders and their caregivers from the outset.
Funds add up for research plans that put focus on families
Companies see upside of hiring people with autism
As the prevalence of autism grows, several companies are launching employment programs for people on the spectrum.
Standard tests underestimate nonverbal children with autism
Tests that play to the strengths of nonverbal children with autism reveal the true intellect of those considered ‘low-functioning.’
Standard tests underestimate nonverbal children with autism
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Dispute erupts over universal cortical brain-wave claim
The debate highlights opposing views on how the cortex transmits information.
Dispute erupts over universal cortical brain-wave claim
The debate highlights opposing views on how the cortex transmits information.
Waves of calcium activity dictate eye structure in flies
Synchronized signals in non-neuronal retinal cells draw the tiny compartments of a fruit fly’s compound eye into alignment during pupal development.
Waves of calcium activity dictate eye structure in flies
Synchronized signals in non-neuronal retinal cells draw the tiny compartments of a fruit fly’s compound eye into alignment during pupal development.
Among brain changes studied in autism, spotlight shifts to subcortex
The striatum and thalamus are more likely than the cerebral cortex to express autism variants or bear transcriptional changes, two unpublished studies find.
Among brain changes studied in autism, spotlight shifts to subcortex
The striatum and thalamus are more likely than the cerebral cortex to express autism variants or bear transcriptional changes, two unpublished studies find.