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3 questions for Mriganka Sur: The basic research origin of the first approved...

[Picower News, David Orenstein | March 11, 2023] On March 10 the FDA approved Trofinetide, a drug based on the protein IGF-1, as the first drug available to treat Rett syndrome. The original research...

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U.S. autism prevalence continues to rise as race and sex gaps shrink, new...

[Spectrum News, Peter Hess | March 23, 2023] Correcting imbalances: Non-white children are identified as having autism at higher rates than white children are for the first time in years of CDC data...

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Study decodes surprising approach mice take in learning

In a simple game that humans typically ace, mice learn the winning strategy, too, but refuse to commit to it, new research shows. [MIT News, David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and...

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Re-imagining our theories of language

[MIT News | Maura R. O’Connor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences | September 22, 2023] MIT Brain and Cognitive Science Department colleagues Ev Fedorenko, Ted Gibson and Roger Levy pose for a...

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Lightweight system captures brain activity while mice jump

[Spectrum News, Maris Fessenden / September 26, 2023] Lightened leaps: Mice exploring an arena jumped while wearing a neural recording device and tether system designed to allow natural movement. A...

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Building bridges: Collaboration across the autism community

Source: [Spectrum News, Samantha Easter, Amy S.F. Lutz | October 24, 2023] Illustration by Saiman Chow Much attention has been paid recently to conflict within the autism community, between autistic...

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How adults understand what kids are saying

It’s not easy to parse young children’s words, but adults’ beliefs about what children want to communicate helps make it possible, a new study finds. Source: [Anne Trafton, MIT News | October 26,...

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New grant to study possibility of an immunotherapy for autism

Source [David Orenstein, Picower News | November 2, 2023] Picower Institute-based collaboration will study mechanisms that might enable peripheral immune cells to deliver a potentially therapeutic...

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Study reveals a universal pattern of brain wave frequencies

Across mammalian species, brain waves are slower in deep cortical layers, while superficial layers generate faster rhythms. MIT neuroscientists have found that the six anatomical layers of the...

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Simons Center’s collaborative approach propels autism research, at MIT and...

Team-based targeted projects, multi-mentor fellowships ensure that scientists studying social cognition, behavior, and autism integrate multiple perspectives and approaches to pressing questions. The...

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