Philippe Mourrain

Associate professor
Stanford University

Philippe Mourrain is associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University in California.

From this contributor

synapse populations analysis--micrograph shows neurons in green in colorful network
Spectrum Microphone

How studying sleep in animals could unearth autism’s roots

By Philippe Mourrain
3 September 2019 | 4 min read

Explore more from The Transmitter

By clicking to watch this video, you agree to our privacy policy.
Open-source tools

A new atlas of abstracts visualizes the field of human brain mapping—where does your work fit?

Satrajit Ghosh talks to Mac Shine about a community-built tool that places every abstract from the 2026 Organization for Human Brain Mapping meeting inside a semantic map of the broader neuroscience literature. Finding your neighbors in that space might matter more than you think.

By Mac Shine
9 June 2026 | 3 min read
Illustration of an open journal featuring lines of text and small illustrations of eyes and mouths.
Spectrum

Key role of interferon 1 in maternal immune activation, and more

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

By Jill Adams
9 June 2026 | 2 min read
Artificial intelligence

The illusion of AI consciousness: Lessons from human unconscious processing

Complex, goal-directed and even emotionally responsive behavior can unfold without awareness, providing a useful lens for interpreting artificial systems.

By Vanessa Hadid, Karim Jerbi, John W. Krakauer
8 June 2026 | 0 min watch