Silhouette of a human head and shoulders.

Daniel R. Weinberger

Professor
Johns Hopkins University

Director of the Lieber Institute for Brain Development and Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, Neuroscience and The Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University.

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Spectrum

By Daniel R. Weinberger, The Conversation

1 May 2019

6 min read

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Pitt-Hopkins syndrome may point the way to autism treatments

Researchers have identified a drug that works in individual cells and rodent models of a form of autism known as Pitt-Hopkins syndrome.

Spectrum

Pitt-Hopkins syndrome may point the way to autism treatments

By Daniel R. Weinberger, The Conversation

1 May 2019 | 6 min read

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How does a control theorist explain cognition?

Maxim Raginsky draws on control theory, engineering and philosophy to explore what makes biological brains intelligent, what artificial intelligence is missing, and what principles underlie biological autonomy.