Three autistic children died in the past few weeks in Central Florida after drowning incidents. What is behind autistic kids' ...

Nov. 12, 2024 — Glioblastoma is the most common kind of malignant brain tumor in adults. So far, no treatment has been able to make this aggressive tumor permanently disappear. The tumor cells ...

While initially applied to autism (and later to ADHD and dyslexia), neurodiversity today encompasses a broad range of conditions that don't necessarily require treatment. While anyone with a ...

A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

Expertise bulks up the brain’s ability to think deeply, a skill that may generalize across tasks ...

Brain imaging refers to the usually non-invasive or minimally invasive techniques that enable imaging the structure or function of the brain. Brain imaging techniques take advantage of X-rays ...

What does "neurodivergent" mean? Experts discuss what is considered neurodivergent versus neurotypical, signs to look out for ...

Yuval Hart and Oded Wertheimer from the Psychology department and the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Science (ELSC ... and behavioral differences in autism spectrum disorder.

The brain is the part of the central nervous system that is contained within the skull. It is responsible for executive and cognitive functions and regulates the functioning of the other parts of ...