Autism, the Cerebellum, Learning, Brain Development, Gerrymandering & Using Data Science to Repair Democracy | Sam Wang | #48

Send us a textNick Jikomes talks to Sam Wang, PhD professor of neuroscience at Princeton University. Dr. Wong’s lab investigates how brains learn from sensory experience, in adulthood and development, with relevance for autism. A lot of their work focuses on a part of the brain called the cerebellum. They talk about the cerebellum and what we’re learning about its functions, as well as how it’s tied to autism, and what the causes and nature of autism actually are. This included both the genet...