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New Researchers Bolster BBS’ Strength in Neuroscience, Psychology “BBS continues to evolve as we bring neurobiology, psychology, and speech, language, and hearing sciences together to understand brain and behavior across the lifespan,” Small said. “Our new hires each address this from a different angle,” said Dr. Steven Small. more >>

Can Insect Enzymes and Brain Implants Offer a Future Without Opioids? Dr. Ted Price BS’97 is exploring whether a new type of experimental cancer drug, MNK inhibitors, could stop chronic pain by preventing neurons from sending a constant flow of “it hurts” signals even when a stimulus is no longer present. more >>

Northwood Woman’s Club Gift Creates New Callier Center Endowment “This gift from the Northwood Woman’s Club will ensure that individuals with communication challenges will receive the necessary services to improve their ability to communicate with the world,” said Dr. Thomas Campbell. more >>

Faculty Profile: Kristen Kennedy, PhD “We are going to keep aging — more and more people are living longer. I wanted to study the difference between being old and cognitively intact, and being old and suddenly realizing you are declining,” said Dr. Kennedy. more >>

Autism Study Stresses Importance of Communicating with Infants A new language-skills study that included infants later diagnosed with autism suggests that all children can benefit from exposure to more speech from their caregivers. more >>

Happy? Sad? New UTD Study Uses AI to Examine What Affects Our Emotions “The approach of gathering and analyzing moment-by-moment biometric data has a lot of potential for cognitive neuroscience research and offers an innovative application for AI,” said Dr. Daniel Krawczyk. more >>

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