by Barbara PatoineWhat happens to the brain of a child who is abused, neglected, or otherwise maltreated? Experts weigh in on this and other questions in our new Briefing Paper.
by Carl ShermanResearchers test machine learning and social gaming to find new ways to help children on the autism spectrum focus and learn skills to connect with other people. “The most promising findings are not with the robot as therapist, but as co-therapist,” says one scientist.
by Sophie FesslStarved of oxygen,
neurons lose their proper electrical charge when we die and a wave of
electrochemical energy spreads through the brain. Researchers in Berlin and
Cincinnati have, for the first time, recorded such brain tsunamis in dying
patients, and also in patients with survivable brain damage, such as brain
hemorrhages, suggesting that doctors look for this pattern and act quickly when
they see it to save endangered neurons.
by Kayt SukelDana Grantee Huntington Potter has found a
promising potential treatment for Alzheimer’s by looking at the disease
mechanisms of rheumatoid arthritis. One of our series of Q&As with neuroscientists.
by Kayt SukelStudies that use an algorithm to successfully predict if a child has autism spectrum disorder (ASD) based on metabolites in a blood sample have been replicated in small samples.
