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AI tool estimates social ability by analyzing speech

Depression perception; MYT1L mice; brain signal variability

To accelerate the study of neurodevelopment, we need a transdiagnostic framework
Action potentials

”It’s a new framework to understand how microexons perform their activities. — XAVIER SALVATELLA

Roundup: The false association between vaccines and autism

My hope for displaced Ukrainian children with autism, an update

The case for redefining ‘theory of mind’: Q&A with François Quesque

Autism is more heritable in boys than in girls

Christine Wu Nordahl, doing whatever it takes to get good data


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.

On the periphery: Thinking ‘outside the brain’ offers new ideas about autism
Neuronal alterations outside the brain may help to explain a host of the condition’s characteristic traits, including sensory changes, gut problems and motor differences.

Autism prevalence increasing in children, adults, according to electronic medical records

High prevalence of developmental delay strains Australia’s support systems

Brian Boyd, classroom-based interventions and the importance of representation

Evdokia Anagnostou and the concept of a good life

‘Emergent and transactional’: How Jonathan Green is rethinking autism and interventions

A genetics-first clinic for catching developmental conditions early: Q&A with Jacob Vorstman

Pinning down ‘profound autism’ for reliable research: Q&A with Matthew Siegel

Magnetic stimulation for autism: Q&A with Xujun Duan

Beyond the bench: At school with Verónica Martínez Cerdeño

Beyond the bench: Finding solitude with Jill Silverman

Beyond the bench: Finding balance with Gavin Rumbaugh

Decisional capacity and informed consent, explained

The link between maternal infection and autism, explained

Pathological demand avoidance in autism, explained

The connection between oxytocin and autism, explained
Spectrum books
TSC2 gene; cortical thickness; long noncoding RNA
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 10 February.

TSC2 gene; cortical thickness; long noncoding RNA
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 10 February.
Olfaction; autism-linked genes in monkeys; eye movements
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 3 February.

Olfaction; autism-linked genes in monkeys; eye movements
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 3 February.
New human brain atlas charts gene activity and chromosome accessibility, from embryo to adolescence
The resource profiles millions of single cells across the developing cortex, revealing when, where and how certain cell types emerge and illuminating possible origins of autism and other conditions.

New human brain atlas charts gene activity and chromosome accessibility, from embryo to adolescence
The resource profiles millions of single cells across the developing cortex, revealing when, where and how certain cell types emerge and illuminating possible origins of autism and other conditions.
Cortical myelination; early vocabulary; EEG in tuberous sclerosis
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 27 January.

Cortical myelination; early vocabulary; EEG in tuberous sclerosis
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 27 January.
Protein aggregates gum up ‘master regulator’ of autism-linked genes
The regulator, CPEB4, typically controls protein production for hundreds of autism-linked genes, but an alternative version of it found in autistic people forms irreversible clumps and malfunctions.

Protein aggregates gum up ‘master regulator’ of autism-linked genes
The regulator, CPEB4, typically controls protein production for hundreds of autism-linked genes, but an alternative version of it found in autistic people forms irreversible clumps and malfunctions.
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Why hasn’t genetics taught us more about schizophrenia?
Large-scale genomics studies have failed to identify specific pathways that go awry in schizophrenia. Alternative approaches focusing on cellular, molecular and systems-level changes may be needed.

Why hasn’t genetics taught us more about schizophrenia?
Large-scale genomics studies have failed to identify specific pathways that go awry in schizophrenia. Alternative approaches focusing on cellular, molecular and systems-level changes may be needed.
Does the solution to building safe artificial intelligence lie in the brain?
Now is the time to decipher what makes the brain both flexible and dependable—and to apply those lessons to AI—before an unaligned agentic system wreaks havoc.

Does the solution to building safe artificial intelligence lie in the brain?
Now is the time to decipher what makes the brain both flexible and dependable—and to apply those lessons to AI—before an unaligned agentic system wreaks havoc.
‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux
Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.

‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux
Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.