From studies of the connections between neurons to interactions between the nervous and immune systems to the complex ways in which people understand not just language, but also the unspoken nuances of conversation, new research projects at MIT supported by the Simons Center for the Social Brain are bringing a rich diversity of perspectives to advancing the field’s understanding of autism.As six speakers lined up to describe their projects at a Simons Center symposium Nov. 15, MIT School of Science dean Nergis Mavalvala articulated what they were all striving for:…
