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10
2024
Hamid Karimi-Rouzbahani | The University of Queensland
Localisation of Seizure Onset Zone in Epilepsy Using Time Series Analysis of Intracranial Data
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16
2024
Erin Grant | Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit & Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at University College London
Use case determines the validity of neural systems comparisons
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17
2024
Belinda Pletzer | Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg (PLUS), Austria
Characterizing hormone sensitivity along the menstrual cycle and during hormonal contraceptive use
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Portrait of insect-cognition researcher Martin Giurfa.
Neuroethology

Martín Giurfa y la idea de hogar

By Gina Jiménez
20 August 2024 | 15 min read
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Brain stimulation

Putting a bright idea to the test

A surprising wave of findings in mice suggests that light and sound flickering at 40 hertz clears the brain of Alzheimer’s-disease-linked plaques. Several companies are hoping to prove it works in people.

By Shaena Montanari
21 August 2024 | 11 min read
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Spectrum

The perils of parachute research

Scientists who study autism in lower-income countries are working to end practices that exploit or ignore collaborators and communities on the ground.

By Linda Nordling
6 June 2024 | 11 min read
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