Dr. Sophie Schwartz’s “Cocktail party effect” research regarding neural response to names in noisy settings was just reviewed by Autism Advocate Parenting Magazine for their March issue! We think this is a great summary of this fascinating work. Dr. Schwartz explored how neural responses to names (one’s own name, and strangers’ names) differ between verbal […]
We just found this podcast, the Autism Science Foundation’s Weekly Science Report, and this particular episode that discusses some of our research! Covered here are our ELSA protocol on eliciting language samples, sound perception in minimally verbal individuals with ASD, and neural evidence for speech processing deficits in minimally verbal individuals with ASD. Thought you […]
Join us as we discuss YOUR role in Autism Research on Facebook Live! This Wednesday at 7pm EST. We are going to discuss two Autism research studies currently being conducted by our center. Join our very own Sophie and Rachel to learn more about our POLO and ATLAS projects! Dr. Sophie Schwartz is a postdoctoral […]
Two students at Yale are working on social stories about Covid-19 best practices, in the hopes that these might be helpful for explaining Covid-safety behaviors to kids on the spectrum (and to everyone else!). We love these! Check them out at this website: http://www.socialstories4me.com
We hope everyone had a wonderful, safe, and meaningful Thanksgiving! Last week, as a group, we were talking about the holidays and we have a lot to be grateful for this year. We are grateful for our loved ones, those we’ve hunkered down with, and how we’ve been able to continue our research efforts with […]
INSAR (International Society for Autism Research) is one of the major annual research symposiums in the autism community, and in 2021 not only will the meeting be a hybrid virtual/in-person conference, but it’s happening right here in Boston! Members from the lab attend every year regardless of where it’s being held, but it’s nice to […]
Each year, our friends at Autism Services & Resources Connecticut (ASRC), hold a resource fair in the fall. This year, things had to change a little to accommodate social safety during the time of Covid-19, so they decided to that the resource fair online- which is great news for us, because it means we can […]
We have been thinking of ways to stay connected to our families while we can’t do research in person, and created our very first newsletter, which we sent around last week! Here’s a version uploaded so you all can see it, too- click the picture!
We walked on our own this year, in solidarity with all of you walking with Autism Speaks! Wish we could have all been together, but it’s so important that we keep each other safe this year. Here are our lab members (and some crew members!) walking this past weekend. We hope you get outside to […]
This time last year, we were getting ready for the Greater Boston Autism Speaks walk and modeling our new shirts, with no attention at all to social distancing! We all miss those days, but we’re still getting ready for the walk… It’ll just look a little different this year than in years past- more to […]