Researchers have found that smell and sound signals merge in the mouse brain’s hearing center, influencing social behaviors like pup retrieval. The discovery may lead to a better understanding of how neurological conditions such as autism affect a person’s ability to interpret social cues.
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#Neuroscience #SensoryIntegration #AutismResearch #SocialBehaviors #MouseModel
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Mixed signals: How the brain interprets social cues | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
AI generated voice with Stephen Shea’s actual voice Imagine you’re at a dinner party, but you can’t smell the food cooking or hear the dinner bell. Sounds like a dream, right? What if it wasn’t? “When we experience the world and interact with people, we use…
Whole-body movement play shows promise for children with autism 🤸♂️🧩 | Findings show that a movement-focused intervention led to faster responses on a test of inhibitory control and fewer sensory and disruptive behaviors, while a more traditional sedentary play program had no such effects.
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#WholeBodyMovement #AutismAwareness #ChildDevelopment #SensoryIntegration #MovementTherapy
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Whole-body movement play shows promise for children with autism
A new study suggests that whole-body play activities can help autistic children improve self-control and reduce negative behaviors. Researchers found that movement-based interventions were more effective than sedentary play in boosting executive function…
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