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Science and society

A scientific fraud. An investigation. A lab in recovery.

By Calli McMurray
4 October 2024 | 26 min read
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Spectrum

Untangling biological threads from autism’s phenotypic patchwork reveals four core subtypes

By Holly Barker
3 October 2024 | 5 min read
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Neural dynamics

Neural manifolds: Latest buzzword or pathway to understand the brain?

By Matthew Perich
2 October 2024 | 8 min read

Latest

Synaptic

Timothy Ryan on his pivotal switch from studying particle physics to decoding synaptic transmission

Craft and careers

Tips to navigate SfN as a trainee

Brain Inspired

Vijay Namboodiri and Ali Mohebi on the evolving story of dopamine’s role in cognitive function

Evolution

How ‘walking fish’ feel, taste hidden food with their legs

Spectrum

The legacy of Steve Silberman and his book, ‘NeuroTribes’

Cephalopods

Octopus arm anatomy, molecular makeup revealed in new maps

executive function

Brain imaging at the fair with Ka Ip

neural coding

Averaging is a convenient fiction of neuroscience

Craft and careers

Seeing research through a new lens: Q&A with Pei Yuan Zhang

Spectrum

Autism is more heritable in boys than in girls

This paper changed my life

This paper changed my life – ‘Response of hippocampal synapses to natural stimulation patterns,’ by Dobrunz and Stevens

Today’s action potentials

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Spectrum

Untangling biological threads from autism’s phenotypic patchwork reveals four core subtypes

By Holly Barker
3 October 2024 | 5 min read
Spectrum

CRISPR upregulation of genes; interneuron migration; maternal COVID-19 exposure

Spectrum

Autism is more heritable in boys than in girls

Headshot of Steve Silberman.
Spectrum

The legacy of Steve Silberman and his book, ‘NeuroTribes’

By Emily Willingham
26 September 2024 | 8 min read
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Upcoming Online Seminars

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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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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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Belinda Pletzer | Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg (PLUS), Austria
Characterizing hormone sensitivity along the menstrual cycle and during hormonal contraceptive use
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Perspectives

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Craft and careers

Tips to navigate SfN as a trainee

By Nancy Padilla-Coreano
30 September 2024 | 5 min read
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neural coding

Averaging is a convenient fiction of neuroscience

By Mark Humphries
23 September 2024 | 7 min read
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This paper changed my life

This paper changed my life – ‘Response of hippocampal synapses to natural stimulation patterns,’ by Dobrunz and Stevens

By Robert Froemke
17 September 2024 | 4 min read
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Dopamine

Dopamine and the need for alternative theories

By Vijay Mohan K. Namboodiri
13 September 2024 | 7 min read
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Synaptic

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Synaptic Microphone

Timothy Ryan on his pivotal switch from studying particle physics to decoding synaptic transmission

By Brady Huggett
1 October 2024 | 70 min listen
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Synaptic Microphone

Biosensors and being fearless with Lin Tian

By Brady Huggett
1 September 2024 | 62 min listen
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Synaptic Microphone

Male and female brains, Proust, and Catherine Dulac

By Brady Huggett
1 August 2024 | 81 min listen
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From bench to bot

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From bench to bot

From bench to bot: Does AI really make you a more efficient writer?

By Tim Requarth
3 September 2024 | 11 min read
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From bench to bot

From bench to bot: Boost your writing with AI personas

By Tim Requarth
5 April 2024 | 10 min read
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From bench to bot

From bench to bot: How to use AI to structure your writing

By Tim Requarth
8 January 2024 | 11 min read
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Profiles

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Neuroethology

Martín Giurfa y la idea de hogar

By Gina Jiménez
20 August 2024 | 15 min read
Portrait of insect-cognition researcher Martin Giurfa.
Neuroethology Microphone

Martin Giurfa’s concept of home

By Gina Jiménez
31 July 2024 | 15 min listen
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Sleep Microphone

At the end of the earth with Paul-Antoine Libourel

By Yves Sciama
11 June 2024 | 18 min listen
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Open neuroscience and data-sharing

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Open neuroscience and data-sharing

A README for open neuroscience

By Samuel Gershman
9 September 2024 | 5 min read
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Open neuroscience and data-sharing

Neuroscience graduate students deserve comprehensive data-literacy education

By Letisha R. Wyatt
15 July 2024 | 6 min read
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Open neuroscience and data-sharing

Designing an open-source microscope

By Daniel Aharoni
17 June 2024 | 6 min read
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Open neuroscience and data-sharing

Neuroscience needs a research-video archive

By Robert Froemke
6 May 2024 | 6 min read
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Features

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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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Books

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Consciousness

How did consciousness evolve? An excerpt from ‘A History of Bodies, Brains, and Minds: The Evolution of Life and Consciousness’

By Francisco Aboitiz
26 August 2024 | 12 min read
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Olfaction

Consciously smelling—an edited excerpt from ‘Stinking Philosophy! Smell Perception, Cognition, and Consciousness’

By Benjamin Young
26 August 2024 | 12 min read
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Reviews

Six new neuroscience books for fall—plus five titles you may have missed

By Francisco J. Rivera Rosario
26 August 2024 | 6 min read
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Craft and careers

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Craft and careers

Seeing research through a new lens: Q&A with Pei Yuan Zhang

By Olivia Gieger
20 September 2024 | 7 min read
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Craft and careers

Should I work with these people? A guide to collaboration

By Kevin Bender
10 September 2024 | 7 min read
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Craft and careers

Crafting tales of science with Theanne Griffith

By Angie Voyles Askham
26 August 2024 | 8 min read
A woman stands in front of two books that are open to reveal that they contain doorways from which blue light emanates.
Summer reading Microphone

From reductionism to dynamical systems: How two books influenced my thinking across 30 years of neuroscience

By Nicole Rust
26 August 2024 | 4 min listen
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