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New Video Game Could Help Reveal How People with Autism Perceive the World

Boston University researchers built a game that can be played by people across the autism spectrum—and that could one day help improve the development and testing of new therapies

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September 23, 2026 - Boston, MA. Provost and Chief Academic Officer Colin Duckett hosts a Meet & Greet with members of the Staff Advisory Council, held on the medical campus. Photo by Michael D. Spencer for Boston University.

Provost’s Meet & Greet

Colin Duckett, BU provost and chief academic officer, takes part in a fireside chat with Noora Lori, an associate professor of international relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, during a meet and greet with medical campus faculty at an event hosted by BU's Faculty Council and the Provost's office, September 23. Duckett also held meet and greets with staff on the medical campus and Charles River Campus, hosted by the Staff Advisory Council (SAC).

Photo by Michael D. Spencer

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