The Nelson Lab

Press coverage of Dr. Nelson and the Nelson Lab

"The First Steps"
Nature, Vol 491
November 2012
www.nature.com

"Charles Nelson: Searching for Early Signs of Autism"
SFARI: Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
July 23, 2012
www.sfari.org

"How Might Autistic Children Be Similar? In Their Brainwaves"
CommonHealth
June 26, 2012
www.commonhealth.wbur.org

"Brain Activity Differs in Infant Siblings of Children With Autism"
Autism Speaks
June 29, 2012
www.autismspeaks.org

"Tipping the Scales Toward Environment vs. Genetics in New Autism Research"
Radio Boston
July 7, 2011
www.radioboston.wbur.org

"Brain Waves Detect Babies' Potential Risk of Autism"
ABC News
February 22, 2011
www.abcnews.com

"Brain Scans May Someday Detect Autism"
cnn.com
February 22, 2011
www.cnn.com

"The Two Year Window: The new science of babies and brain--and how it could revolutionize the fight against poverty"
The New Republic
November 9, 2011
www.tnr.com

"HMS Professor's Work Details Devastating Toll of Romanian Orphanages"
Harvard Gazette
October 5, 2010
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette

"Decoding Autism"
NJN Public Television
September 2010
www.njn.net

"Saving Face: Infants may be more skilled than adults at facial recognition"
Harvard Medicine
Spring 2010
http://harvardmedicine.hms.harvard.edu

"What Is Neuroscience Telling Us About Babies?"
Ab Initio International
Summer 2010
www.brazelton-institute.com

"The Science of Reading a Face"
Good Morning America
December 4, 2009
abcnews.go.com/GMA

"Babies May Read Your Poker Face"
abc.com
November 13, 2009
www.abc.com

"Hub Lab Writing the Book on Face-Reading"
Boston Globe
November 10, 2009
www.boston.com

"Autism Genes"
NOVA Science NOW
July 7, 2009
www.pbs.org

"Arresting autism: A sibling study finds clues about the complex condition"
Dream Magazine
Summer 2009
www.childrenshospital.org/dream
Click here to see Dr. Nelson speak about the Infant Sibling Project.

"Toxic Stress and the Child's Brain"
Your Voice
April 5, 2009
www.tvo.org

"Looking for Answers on Autism"
The TODAY Show
April 2, 2009
www.today.msnbc.msn.com

"The Brains of Babes"
CBC Radio One
March 9, 2009
www.cbc.ca

"The Developing Child"
Harvard Magazine
March-April 2009
http://harvardmagazine.com

"Finding Families for Romania's Orphans"
Newton TAB
Wednesday, January 14th 2009
www.wickedlocalnewton.com

"Race Through a Baby's Eyes"
Vector Magazine
Fall 2008
www.childrenshospital.org/vector

"Scientists Use Monkeys to Dip Into How Kids Think"
New England Cable News (NECN)
July 31, 2008
www.necn.com

"How do Babies Respond to Different Races?"
New England Cable News (NECN)
July 25, 2008
www.necn.com

With children being adopted from abroad at older ages, concerns for their health grow
The Boston Globe
July 7, 2008
www.bostonglobe.com

The Art of Perception
Harvard Medical Labcast
June 20, 2008
http://podcast.hms.harvard.edu/

Cognitive Recovery in Socially Deprived Young Children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project
Nelson et al. (2007). Cognitive Recovery in Socially Deprived Young Children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project. Science. 318, 1937 - 1940.
Abstract
http://www.sciencemag.org
Full Text
http://www.sciencemag.org

For further coverage of Dr. Nelson's Science article click on the following links:

• The New York Times
• Reuters
• The Boston Globe
• The Money Times

A Spectrum of Disorders
Harvard Magazine
January-February 2008
http://harvardmagazine.com

Institutionalized Children in Serbia (includes potentially troubling images)
The TODAY Show
November, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com

The Long Road Home
Dream (Boston Children's Hospital Magazine)
Spring 2007
http://www.childrenshospital.org

"Interview with Dr. Charles Nelson"
Europe's Journal of Psychology
November 18, 2006
http://www.ejop.org

Rewiring the Brain: Early deprivation and child development (includes potentially troubling images)
American Radio Works
September, 2006
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org

Researchers Still Learning from Romania's Orphans
All Things Considered
National Public Radio (NPR)
September 16, 2006
http://www.npr.org

Extreme Parenting
On Point with Tom Ashbrook
WBUR Radio, Boston
June 22, 2006
http://www.onpointradio.org

A loving family can boost children's intelligence
The Guardian (UK)
February 18, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk

Exploring a Hormone for Caring
The New York Times
November 22, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com

"Reading Your Baby's Mind"
Newsweek
August 15, 2005
http://www.msnbc.msn.com

Inside the Teenage Brain
Frontline (PBS)
January 31, 2002
http://www.pbs.org