Oscar Miranda-Dominguez is research assistant professor of behavioral neuroscience at Oregon Health and Science University.
Oscar Miranda Dominguez
Assistant professor
Oregon Health and Science University
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Grouping people with autism based on their unique brain-activity ‘fingerprints’ may help to identify subtypes of the condition.
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