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Science & Technology
September 5, 2018 | 12:57 pm

Harnessing virtual reality, motion capture to study neurological disorders

Using Hollywood-inspired motion capture technology, Medical Center researchers are learning about the movement difficulties that often accompany autism, Alzheimer’s, and traumatic brain injury.

topics: Alzheimer’s disease, autism, Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab, Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, Ed Freedman, featured-post-side, John Foxe, Medical Center, research finding,
Science & Technology
September 25, 2017 | 10:17 am

Medical Center joins landmark brain development study

Rochester is participating in the largest long-term study of brain development and child health, following the biological and behavioral development of more than 10,000 children from ages 9-10 through early adulthood.

topics: child development, Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, featured-post-side, John Foxe, Medical Center, National Institutes of Health, research funding,
Science & Technology
July 24, 2017 | 03:48 pm

Eye test could help diagnose autism

A test that measures the inability of the brain to adjust the size of eye movements could allow for earlier detection of autism spectrum disorders.

topics: autism, Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, featured-post-side, John Foxe, Medical Center, research finding, UR Medicine,
Science & Technology
December 6, 2016 | 08:33 am

Study challenges autism brain response theory

A Medical Center study challenges the hypothesis that nerve cells in the brains of individuals with autism spectrum disorders do not reliably and consistently respond to external stimuli.

topics: autism, Department of Neuroscience, John Foxe, Medical Center, research finding,
Science & Technology
May 10, 2016 | 09:13 am

Sensory processing weaker in patients with schizophrenia

“There is increasing evidence that there is something fundamentally wrong with the way these patients hear, the way they feel things through their sense of touch, and in the way in which they see the environment,” says Medical Center neuroscientist and study author John Foxe.

topics: John Foxe, Medical Center, mental illness, research finding,