You may scarcely notice it, but much of what you do every day requires your brain to engage in perceptual learning.

Usually, it’s effortless. Research from The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology shows a gene called Syngap1 enables touch-based perception, while certain ...

The SYNGAP1 gene, which supports the production of a protein called SynGAP (Synaptic Ras GTPase-Activating Protein), is known to play a key role in supporting the development of synapses and ...

After an initial diagnosis of Global developmental delay at 18 months, the Genomes Project revealed in August 2022 the presence of Syngap1, a rare gene causing intellectual disability and seizures ...

High-speed videography and whisker tracking with WHISK or DeepLabCut. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56125-0 "SYNGAP1 patients have very clearly altered sensory ...