In this message for Autism Awareness Month, Dr. Gordon highlights the specific impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has had for individuals on the autism spectrum…
Posts published in April 2021
A mobile app was successful at distinguishing toddlers diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from typically developing toddlers based on their eye movements while watching…
Have you spend time reading or binge-watching your favorite shows this year? Research suggests that those beloved characters mean as much to us as our…
On April 15, 2021, Beverly Davidson, Ph.D., was the guest speaker for the NIMH Director’s Innovation Speaker Series. Dr. Davidson is the Professor of Pathology…
Great example of epigenetics: Male bearded dragon embryos will hatch as females if the eggs are too warm – the heat overrides their genes to…
On April 15, 2021, Beverly Davidson, Ph.D., will provide an overview of recent research approaches for inherited disorders that impact central nervous system function during…
In the aftermath of the US presidential inauguration, I’ve been reading about QAnon with much interest. From the New York Times: Followers of QAnon, the…
The planning fallacy tells us that everything will take longer than we think it will (Kahneman & Tversky, 1982). In a fun—and unpublished—study, MIT graduate…
In this message, Dr. Gordon highlights what we know about Americans’ mental health after one year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: NIH
This workshop aims to highlight opportunities and challenges related to integrating genomic information and dimensional phenotypes associated with psychopathology, in alignment with the mission of…