Dougherty Lab has a new preprint

The Dougherty Lab has a new preprint, “Oxytocin receptor activation does not mediate associative fear deficits in a Williams Syndrome model.” Kayla Nygaard, a graduate student in the lab, is lead author on the preprint. Congratulations, all!

Dougherty Lab welcomes new members

The Dougherty Lab recently welcomed new members including Rachael, a senior graduate student who will be working with Kayla Nygaard, a graduate student in the lab; Chayla, a first year PhD rotation student working with Bernie Mulvey, a graduate student in the lab;...

Dougherty Lab presents at Society for Neuroscience annual meeting

The Dougherty Lab recently presented at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago. Dr. Susan Maloney, Instructor in Psychiatry and a member of the Dougherty Lab, presented on modeling social motivation in the mouse and the role of Shank3B and the oxytocin...

Dougherty Lab publishes paper about EWOCs and autism research

The Dougherty Lab published a paper recently in Autism Research, “Erroneous inference based on a lack of preference within one group: Autism, mice, and the social approach task.” The paper looks at  Erroneous Within‐group Only Comparisons, or EWOCs, a term...

Dougherty lab shares new preprint arguing against EWOCs

The Dougherty lab recently shared its new preprint, “Erroneous inference based on a lack of preference within one group: autism, mice, and the Social Approach Task.” In the paper, the lab argues using statistical principles and data simulations that...