Alla Katsnelson is a freelance writer based in Southampton, Massachusetts.
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Neural-network analysis posits how brains build skills
Discrete computational subunits may offer mix-and-match motifs for cognition.
Neural-network analysis posits how brains build skills
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Alla Katsnelson
7 August 2024 | 7 min read
Autism-linked proteins mingle with other molecules in overlapping networks
A massive new set of interaction maps illuminates especially high convergence in protein networks related to autism and shows how mutations could disrupt those networks.
Autism-linked proteins mingle with other molecules in overlapping networks
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Alla Katsnelson
8 February 2024 | 5 min read
Sheena Josselyn and memories lost, found and created
Her hunt for the engram opened a new avenue in memory research.
Sheena Josselyn and memories lost, found and created
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Alla Katsnelson
30 January 2024 | 13 min read
AI model helps decode brain activity underlying conversation
A text-predicting chatbot parses text from conversations in a way that parallels brain-activity patterns associated with speech production and comprehension.
AI model helps decode brain activity underlying conversation
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Alla Katsnelson
15 June 2023 | 6 min listen
Autism-linked chromatin regulators may moonlight as microtubule influencers
Five autism-linked genes widely known as chromatin regulators appear to also shape the cell’s internal skeleton.
Autism-linked chromatin regulators may moonlight as microtubule influencers
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Alla Katsnelson
8 February 2023 | 4 min read
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