Open neuroscience

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Govern neurodata by how it’s used, not where it’s from

New neurodata laws will shape how researchers gather, share and reuse brain data. A use-based governance protects basic researchers and those whose data are being used, without freezing science.

By José M. Muñoz
16 October 2026 | 7 min read
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The promise of open neuroscience for Latin America

Two Uruguayan researchers explain how their work on computational tools to decode breathing from mouse video recordings could spark more open science initiatives in Latin America.

By Francisco J. Rivera Rosario
28 August 2026 | 8 min read
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A promessa da neurociência aberta para a América Latina

Dois pesquisadores uruguaios explicam como seu trabalho com ferramentas computacionais para decodificar a respiração a partir de gravações em vídeo de camundongos pode inspirar novas iniciativas de ciência aberta na América Latina.

By Francisco J. Rivera Rosario
28 August 2026 | 9 min read
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La promesa de la neurociencia abierta para Latinoamérica

Dos investigadores uruguayos explican cómo su trabajo en herramientas computacionales para decodificar la respiración a partir de grabaciones de video de ratones podría impulsar más iniciativas de ciencia abierta en América Latina.

By Francisco J. Rivera Rosario
28 August 2026 | 9 min read
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How to use artificial intelligence to strengthen scientific processes and scholarly output

As AI-driven systems are integrated into all aspects of science, we need to make sure that they read and write to a shared data and knowledge space.

By Satrajit Ghosh
6 July 2026 | 5 min read
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AI can’t solve the brain without data that fit together

The brain's first foundation models exist because some areas of neuroscience did the slow work of developing and adopting standards to help integrate data. Artificial intelligence cannot do that work for us.

By Sean Hill
29 June 2026 | 8 min read
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Tracing neuroscience’s family tree to track its growth

By mapping connections among researchers, Neurotree makes it possible to see how the field has evolved and how shifts in lab size, publication rates and training, among other factors, shape its direction.

By Stephen David
15 November 2025 | 7 min read
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A community-designed experiment tests open questions in predictive processing

More than 50 scientists came together to identify the key missing data needed to rigorously test theoretical models.

By Jérôme Lecoq
12 November 2025 | 6 min read
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First Pan-African neuroscience journal gets ready to launch

With lower-than-average article processing fees, and issues dedicated to topics important to the continent, the journal hopes to give African neuroscience research much-needed international visibility.

By Lauren Schenkman
28 October 2025 | 4 min read
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Reproducibility is a team sport: Lessons from a large-scale collaboration

Building reproducible systems across labs is possible, even in large-scale neuroscience projects. You just need rigor, collaboration and the willingness to look your own practices dead in the eye.

By Anne Churchland
29 September 2025 | 7 min read

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University probe leads to retraction of four neural tube studies

The University of Maryland conducted an internal investigation that identified image duplications and other data integrity issues in the studies, according to the retraction notices.

By Claudia López Lloreda
16 October 2026 | 6 min read
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Highly cited autism paper earns expression of concern over data duplications

The notice, published in Nature last week, also addressed an image duplication identified by a prominent research-integrity sleuth.

By Madeline Shaw
16 October 2026 | 4 min read
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How new technologies can bring primatologists and systems neuroscientists together

The two groups study the same behavioral phenomena yet rarely interact or read each other's work—a mutual blind spot that weakens both fields. New technologies offer a chance to bring them together.

By Sjoerd Murris
15 October 2026 | 6 min read