UAB psychologist receives grant for autism study

UAB Professor Rajesh Kana, Ph.D., in the UAB Department of Psychology, has received a $210,000 grant from Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes to study the effectiveness of the company's new intervention program designed to help children with autism improve their language comprehension skills.

During the year-long study, Kana will use functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to examine changes in brain function in children with autism before and after the intervention is administered.