Geraldine Dawson

Professor
Duke University

Geraldine Dawson is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development.

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By Geraldine Dawson

6 June 2017

8 min read

Lessons for parents may change autism’s trajectory

Coaching parents to provide early social stimulation may improve outcomes for children with autism.

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Lessons for parents may change autism’s trajectory

By Geraldine Dawson

6 June 2017 | 8 min read

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Daniel Nicholson discusses how Schrödinger’s book ‘What is Life?’ shaped years of biology, research

Combing through historical archives, Nicholson discovered what drove Erwin Schrödinger to pen “What Is Life,” his famous "little book": Schrödinger feared that new discoveries in quantum physics would influence how we think about free will.