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Daniel Hyde at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks a postdoctoral scholar for a project focused on analysis of longitudinal fNIRS and EEG data in a population of preschool children.
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Vivian Paulun at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is recruiting lab members at all levels for her lab, which uses computational and neuromiaging methods to study human perception.
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Johns Hopkins University has three open tenure-track faculty positions focused on cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience and behavioral neuroscience.
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On the importance of reading (just not too much)

The real fun of being a neuroscientist, and maybe the key to asking and answering new questions, is to think big and take intellectual risks.

By Sheena Josselyn
9 June 2025 | 8 min read
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Neuroscience needs to empower early-career researchers, not fund moon shots

Large-scale projects run the risk of stifling scientific independence. Instead, let’s explore alternative mechanisms of collaboration.

By Dan Goodman
26 May 2025 | 7 min read
A researcher stands at the top of a staircase that leads to nowhere.

NIDA shutters diversity fellowship program, axes active awards

It’s unclear if the cancellation at the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse extends to the fellowships awarded by other institutes within the National Institutes of Health.

By Calli McMurray
14 May 2025 | 4 min read
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Federal funding cuts imperil next generation of autism researchers

As the International Society for Autism Research’s annual meeting begins, its next president reflects on a brewing crisis.

By Brian Boyd
30 April 2025 | 5 min read
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What birds can teach us about the ‘biological truth’ of sex

Part of our job as educators is to give students a deeper understanding of the true diversity of sex and gender in the natural world.

By Nicole M. Baran
22 April 2025 | 7 min read

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