Major grant to study brain basis of autism and dyslexia

Quick note: Recent announce­ment that adds hope to the under­stand­ing and future treat­ment of autism and dyslex­ia: MIT’s McGov­ern Insti­tute researchers award­ed $8.5m to study brain basis of autism and dyslex­ia. Quote:

- “Two researchers at MIT’s McGov­ern Insti­tute for Brain Research will head an ambi­tious new project to study the ori­gins of autism and dyslex­ia, sup­port­ed by a $8.5m grant from the Elli­son Med­ical Foun­da­tion. The project lead­ers, Nan­cy Kan­wish­er and John Gabrieli, are promi­nent experts in neu­roimag­ing and human brain development.”

Link: McGov­ern Insti­tute for Brain Research at MIT

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