Community Shares | December 16th 2024
- Researchers at the University of New Orleans are leveraging artificial intelligence to analyze and interpret the behavioral patterns of children with autism, aiming to improve communication for those who are nonverbal or minimally verbal.
- A recent op-ed, featured in The Transmitter, emphasizes the essential yet challenging task of studying sex differences in the human brain, a topic fraught with technical complexities and sociocultural sensitivities.
- A new randomized clinical trial (RCT) has investigated the feasibility and efficacy of a parent-administered screen time intervention (PASTI) aimed at removing toddler screen time in the hour before bed. Conducted with 105 families, the study found high feasibility, with 99% retention and 94% adherence to the intervention.
- A new computational model offers fresh insights into the unique neural and behavioral characteristics of ASD.
UC Davis Creates 4-Year Program for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
Through a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, UC Davis’ MIND Institute and Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is establishing a four-year college program for students with intellectual disabilities. This new program is expected to start in the fall 2021 with 12 students who hold diagnoses such as autism, Down’s syndrome, fragile X syndrome and other neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Consumer Reports Rates Pesticide Exposure in Fruits & Vegetables
The consumer products testing group Consumer Reports (CR) has issued ratings on 49 fruits and vegetables to get the health benefits from these foods while minimizing the risk of ingesting toxic chemicals. CR analyzed five years of data from the Department of Agriculture on 24,000 samples of fruits and vegetables covering about 450 pesticides.
