A rare and baffling neurological disorder called Bálint syndrome, which badly impairs a patient's ability to make sense of what he or she sees is discussed. The article describes, in novelistic detail, the difficult adjustments two patients have had to make in their lives.
Biologists take a new approach to deciphering the roles of genes associated with autism. Fish cannot display symptoms of autism,...
New technique holds promise for better understanding of brain disorders. By harnessing quantum dots, tiny light-emitting semiconductor particles a few...