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From funding decisions to scientific fraud, a wide range of societal factors shape autism research.

Week of MarchMar
4th
2024

Foster care disparities; MEF2C gene; hearing changes in Rett syndrome

by  /  5 March 2024
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 4 March.
Week of FebruaryFeb
26th
2024

White matter; early-intervention services; FMR1 gene

by  /  27 February 2024
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 26 February.
Illustrated portrait of André Fenton.

Being uncomfortable and PKMzeta with André Fenton

by  /  1 February 2024
The director of the Center for Neural Science shares a ghost story and talks about his collaboration with Todd Sacktor.
January 2024
Illustrated portrait of Joseph LeDoux.

Joseph LeDoux, the split brain and a traveling magic show

by  /  1 January 2024

The director of the Emotional Brain Institute discusses the Cajun music scene in Louisiana and how memories change with time.

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December 2023
Illustrated portrait of David Sussillo.

FORCE learning and finding an out with David Sussillo

by  /  1 December 2023

The senior research manager at Meta Reality Labs talks about neural networks and his time at the Milton Hershey School.

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November 2023
Week of NovemberNov
27th
2023

Wearable neurofeedback devices; profound autism; SHANK2 variants’ downstream effects

by  /  28 November 2023

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 27 November.

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Week of NovemberNov
20th
2023

Autistic adults who carry an Alzheimer’s gene; major vault protein; FOXP1 gene

by  /  21 November 2023

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 20 November.

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Week of NovemberNov
13th
2023

Tau protein in fragile X syndrome; SYNGAP1’s role in development; SHANK expression in mice and men

by  /  14 November 2023

Here is a roundup of news and research spotted around the web for the week of 13 November.

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Week of NovemberNov
6th
2023

Interleukin-4; psychosis in autistic adolescents; evoked response potentials in fragile X syndrome

by  /  10 November 2023

Here is a roundup of news and research spotted around the web for the week of 6 November.

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A hand holds a compass against a blue background.

Running a lab like a startup company: Q&A with Dorothy Tse

by  /  9 November 2023

Adopting an entrepreneurial mindset pushed Tse to define her research priorities as she launched her lab.

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A line of airplanes flies across the sky

Neuroscientists weigh carbon costs of attending annual meeting

by ,  /  6 November 2023

Travel to the Society for Neuroscience conference is responsible for tens of thousands of metric tons of carbon emissions, according to a new study, but neuroscientists have yet to agree on what that should mean for the future of the in-person meeting.

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Week of OctoberOct
30th
2023

Diabetes in autism; lack of evidence for dietary therapies; autism in Korea

by  /  3 November 2023

Here is a roundup of news and research spotted around the web for the week of 30 October.

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A series of red pencils make three X shapes against a green background. The last X is only half completed by a single pencil that has been snapped in two.

Neuroscientist has two papers retracted, three corrected

by  /  2 November 2023

Five studies of Alzheimer’s disease or traumatic brain injury, all led by Gary Dunbar at Central Michigan University, have some form of image duplication.

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