Lucia Peixoto

Assistant professor of biomedical sciences
Washington State University Spokane

Lucia Peixoto is assistant professor of biomedical sciences at Washington State University Spokane.

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Spectrum

By Annette Estes, Lucia Peixoto

16 July 2020

5 min read

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Losing sleep: How researchers miss a key contributor to autism

Doctors and scientists should consider sleep problems an integral part of autism and begin to study them in more rigorous ways.

Spectrum

Losing sleep: How researchers miss a key contributor to autism

By Annette Estes, Lucia Peixoto

16 July 2020 | 5 min read

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How does a control theorist explain cognition?

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