USC Dornsife News

Findings from a study led by USC Dornsife’s John Tower of biological sciences may explain how Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s affect men and women differently.

Researchers in linguistics and marine biology turn to Japanese octopuses for help in understanding speech-related deficits stemming from Parkinson’s disease.

A USC Dornsife linguist and marine biologist join forces in a National Science Foundation study that uses octopuses to shed light on speech disorders such as those associated with Parkinson’s disease.