Amy M. Wetherby is distinguished research professor of clinical sciences at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
Amy M. Wetherby
Distinguished research professor
Florida State University
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How online training may help detect autism earlier
Providing training for primary-care clinicians and for families can go a long way to lowering the average age of autism diagnosis and helping children get the services they need.
How online training may help detect autism earlier
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Abigail Delehanty, Amy M. Wetherby
17 March 2020 | 6 min read
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Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of brain-computer interfaces and artificial neural networks. New funding and policy changes put the future of such advances at risk.
Without monkeys, neuroscience has no future
Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of brain-computer interfaces and artificial neural networks. New funding and policy changes put the future of such advances at risk.
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