Richard Tsien

Professor
New York University

Richard Tsien is professor of neuroscience and director of the Neuroscience Institute at the New York University School of Medicine.

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Spectrum

By Ann Griswold

22 March 2016

6 min read

Autism may stem from faulty feedback loops in the brain, like an air conditioning system gone awry.

Spectrum

By Ann Griswold

22 March 2016 | 6 min read

By Helena Kudiabor

1 April 2026

5 min read

Catherine Carr explains her discovery that geckos retain a vibration-sensing pathway previously thought to be lost when animals moved onto land.

Neuro’s ark

Catherine Carr explains her discovery that geckos retain a vibration-sensing pathway previously thought to be lost when animals moved onto land.

By Helena Kudiabor

1 April 2026 | 5 min read

Retraction

By Calli McMurray

31 March 2026

4 min read

Even though one set of experiments did not hold up, the authors stand by the original conclusions of the work and plan to resubmit it as a new paper.

Retraction

Even though one set of experiments did not hold up, the authors stand by the original conclusions of the work and plan to resubmit it as a new paper.

By Calli McMurray

31 March 2026 | 4 min read

Spectrum

By Jill Adams

31 March 2026

2 min read

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 30 March.

Spectrum

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 30 March.

By Jill Adams

31 March 2026 | 2 min read