Lucina Q. Uddin is professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research uses tools from network neuroscience to study typical and atypical cognitive and brain development.
Lucina Q. Uddin
Director, Brain Connectivity and Cognition Laboratory
University of Miami
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3 January 2024 | 5 min read
Rethinking ‘noise’ in autism research
Lucina Uddin says researchers should be cautious when analyzing their findings, because 'noisy' data may actually hold important information about brain functioning.
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'Registered reports' — a type of paper in which experimental protocols are reviewed before the study begins — may make neuroscience studies more rigorous and reproducible.
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Lucina Q. Uddin
4 December 2018 | 6 min read
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