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NIH proposal sows concerns over future of animal research, unnecessary costs

The new NIH policy calls for greater incorporation of new approach methodologies in all future Notices of Funding Opportunities related to animal model systems.

By Claudia López Lloreda
15 July 2025 | 5 min read

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‘Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language,’ an excerpt

In his new book, Hickok provides a detailed overview of the research into the circuits that control speech and language. In this excerpt from Chapter 5, he shares how meeting his colleague David Poeppel led to them developing the theory for bilateral speech perception.

By Gregory Hickok
2 December 2025 | 8 min read

Plumbing the link between anti-CASPR2 antibodies and autism; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 1 December.

By Jill Adams
2 December 2025 | 1 min read
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This paper changed my life: Nancy Padilla-Coreano on learning the value of population coding

The 2013 Nature paper by Mattia Rigotti and his colleagues revealed how mixed selectivity neurons—cells that are not selectively tuned to a stimulus—play a key role in cognition.

By Nancy Padilla-Coreano
1 December 2025 | 5 min read

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