New MIT center to fund autism research
A new center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will focus on unraveling the neuroscience that underlies social behaviors, helping push forward research and treatment of autism spectrum disorders. The new Simons Center for the Social Brain is funded by a $26.5 million gift from the Simons Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports science and mathematics research and has already provided $15 million to the university to support autism research.
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