Kevin Pelphrey is Harrison-Wood Professor of Neurology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Harrison-Wood Professor of Neurology
University of Virginia
Kevin Pelphrey is Harrison-Wood Professor of Neurology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Can brain scans, in the wrong hands, compromise research participants' identity? The risk is minimal.
Examining the teenage years presents a major opportunity for understanding and treating autism.
Apps, robots and brain imaging can help children with autism improve their social skills and connect with other people.
A bug in brain imaging software casts doubt on the results of some autism studies, but it’s way too soon to write off the powerful imaging technique.
Restaurants can be stressful for my daughter Frances, who has autism, but her difficulties led me to try to better understand and treat her type of situational anxiety.
Distressed pups emit distinct cries for help, which depend on oxytocin neurons in their hypothalamus.
Distressed pups emit distinct cries for help, which depend on oxytocin neurons in their hypothalamus.
The new work, in mice missing the autism-linked gene CNTNAP2, suggests a mechanism to help explain the overlap between epilepsy and autism.
The new work, in mice missing the autism-linked gene CNTNAP2, suggests a mechanism to help explain the overlap between epilepsy and autism.
Breakspear and Shine find a scale-free property of brain activity that is conserved across diverse species, suggesting that a universal principle of brain activity underlies cognition.
Breakspear and Shine find a scale-free property of brain activity that is conserved across diverse species, suggesting that a universal principle of brain activity underlies cognition.