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A scientific fraud. An investigation. A lab in recovery.
Science is built on trust. What happens when someone destroys it?
A scientific fraud. An investigation. A lab in recovery.
Science is built on trust. What happens when someone destroys it?
Second paper from lab of Nobel Prize winner to be retracted
The paper was corrected in May, but comments on PubPeer spurred further analysis.
Second paper from lab of Nobel Prize winner to be retracted
The paper was corrected in May, but comments on PubPeer spurred further analysis.
Task swap prompts data do-over for autism auditory perception study
The investigators retracted their paper after other researchers pointed out the error; the original team plans to redo the experiment, according to one author.
Task swap prompts data do-over for autism auditory perception study
The investigators retracted their paper after other researchers pointed out the error; the original team plans to redo the experiment, according to one author.
Women are systematically under-cited in neuroscience. New tools can change that.
An omitted citation in a high-profile paper led us to examine our own practices and to help others adopt tools that promote citation diversity.
Women are systematically under-cited in neuroscience. New tools can change that.
An omitted citation in a high-profile paper led us to examine our own practices and to help others adopt tools that promote citation diversity.
Postdoc’s grad-school sleuthing raises questions about bee waggle-dance data
A journal has flagged two papers with expressions of concern, which note a co-author acknowledged errors.
Postdoc’s grad-school sleuthing raises questions about bee waggle-dance data
A journal has flagged two papers with expressions of concern, which note a co-author acknowledged errors.
Widely used calcium imaging protocol can lead to spurious results, new paper cautions
The technique, which measures calcium currents as a proxy for neuronal firing, sometimes reports unusual and potentially misleading waves of activity in the hippocampus.
Widely used calcium imaging protocol can lead to spurious results, new paper cautions
The technique, which measures calcium currents as a proxy for neuronal firing, sometimes reports unusual and potentially misleading waves of activity in the hippocampus.
At the end of the earth with Paul-Antoine Libourel
The French researcher’s accomplishments working with chinstrap penguins in the Antarctic highlight the importance of recording sleep in the wild.
At the end of the earth with Paul-Antoine Libourel
The French researcher’s accomplishments working with chinstrap penguins in the Antarctic highlight the importance of recording sleep in the wild.
Bounty hunting for blunders: Q&A with Russell Poldrack and Jan Wessel
The guinea pigs for a post-publication error-spotting project discuss why the field should destigmatize slipups—and how to handle them better.
Bounty hunting for blunders: Q&A with Russell Poldrack and Jan Wessel
The guinea pigs for a post-publication error-spotting project discuss why the field should destigmatize slipups—and how to handle them better.
The perils of parachute research
Scientists who study autism in lower-income countries are working to end practices that exploit or ignore collaborators and communities on the ground.
The perils of parachute research
Scientists who study autism in lower-income countries are working to end practices that exploit or ignore collaborators and communities on the ground.
Anti-vax blogger retracts critique of study that debunked vaccination-autism link
The commentary contained misguided criticisms of the study’s statistical methods, the lead investigator says.
Anti-vax blogger retracts critique of study that debunked vaccination-autism link
The commentary contained misguided criticisms of the study’s statistical methods, the lead investigator says.
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Untangling biological threads from autism’s phenotypic patchwork reveals four core subtypes
People belonging to the same subtype share genetic variants, behaviors and often co-occurring diagnoses, according to a new preprint.
Untangling biological threads from autism’s phenotypic patchwork reveals four core subtypes
People belonging to the same subtype share genetic variants, behaviors and often co-occurring diagnoses, according to a new preprint.
Neural manifolds: Latest buzzword or pathway to understand the brain?
When you cut away the misconceptions, neural manifolds present a conceptually appropriate level at which systems neuroscientists can study the brain.
Neural manifolds: Latest buzzword or pathway to understand the brain?
When you cut away the misconceptions, neural manifolds present a conceptually appropriate level at which systems neuroscientists can study the brain.
CRISPR upregulation of genes; interneuron migration; maternal COVID-19 exposure
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 30 September.
CRISPR upregulation of genes; interneuron migration; maternal COVID-19 exposure
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 30 September.