Matthew Mosconi

Associate professor
University of Kansas

Matthew Mosconi is associate professor of clinical child psychology and of the Life Span Institute at the University of Kansas, and director of the Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training.

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Spectrum

By Matthew Mosconi, Michael Ragozzino

13 March 2018

7 min read

New tool may speed up drugs to ease need for sameness in autism

Using a new task to test resistance to change in autism, we are developing leads for treatments for this troublesome trait.

Spectrum

New tool may speed up drugs to ease need for sameness in autism

By Matthew Mosconi, Michael Ragozzino

13 March 2018 | 7 min read

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