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Perspectives from the field: Opinions in autism research | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and...
Jul 17, 2025 - This collection of Spectrum articles from the past 12 months highlights expert perspectives on autism’s heritability and its link to biological sex…
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‘Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language,’ an excerpt | The Transmitter: Neuroscience...
Dec 1, 2025 - In his new book, Hickok provides a detailed overview of the research into the circuits that control speech and language. In this excerpt from Chapter 5…
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Amina Abubakar translates autism research and care for Kenya | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News...
Jun 4, 2025 - First an educator and now an internationally recognized researcher, the Kenyan psychologist is changing autism science and services in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Ubadah Sabbagh on thinking outside the box at a biotech firm | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News...
Jan 20, 2026 - As chief of staff at Arcadia, Ubadah Sabbagh finds creative fulfillment in mixing science and business.
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Knowledge gaps in cephalopod care could stall welfare standards | The Transmitter: Neuroscience...
Nov 12, 2024 - The U.S. National Institutes of Health wants to regulate research involving cephalopods. But there aren’t enough rigorous studies to base the regulations on…
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Early-Career Neuroscientist Resource Center | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives
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Spectrum stories: Life in lockdown with autism | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives
Oct 1, 2024 - Host Chelsey B. Coombs talks to clinicians and people with autism about their experience of the pandemic, how their routines have changed and some of the…
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Exclusive: Meet Richard Frye, who studies leucovorin for autism | The Transmitter: Neuroscience...
Oct 6, 2025 - Frye has led two placebo-controlled trials of the folate supplement in autistic people; the first was suspended by regulators, and the other has yet to be...
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How virtual reality is transforming autism studies | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and...
Oct 1, 2024 - Researchers and autistic artists exploring virtual reality to study, treat and simulate autism traits.
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What it’s like to be a Black autism researcher | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives
Oct 1, 2024 - Spectrum spoke to four Black autism researchers about what it’s like to be in a field that’s overwhelmingly white, how police violence against Black people has…
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Pathological demand avoidance in autism, explained | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and...
Oct 1, 2024 - Some clinicians say the term describes a subtype of autism, but others dispute its validity and say it is harmful to the autistic community.
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Connecting neural activity, perception in the visual system | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News...
Oct 17, 2025 - Figuring out how the brain uses information from visual neurons may require new tools. I asked nine experts to weigh in.
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Single-gene systems-level effects, and more | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives
Apr 15, 2026 - Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 6 April.
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Frameshift: Mia Thomaidou found her niche in philanthropy | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and...
Apr 28, 2026 - Mia Thomaidou’s interest in the societal applications of neuroscience led her into a world of science philanthropy she didn’t know existed.
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Going against the gut: Q&A with Kevin Mitchell | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives
Nov 17, 2025 - A new review of 15 years of studies on the connection between the microbiome and autism reveals widespread statistical and conceptual errors.
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Head direction cells stably orient mice to outside world | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and...
Mar 25, 2026 - The representations of these cells show little drift over time, unlike those of other navigation system neurons.
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Journals prepare for changes as coronavirus interrupts research | The Transmitter: Neuroscience...
Oct 1, 2024 - As the coronavirus pandemic disrupts researchers' working lives, the academic journals that publish their work are adjusting too.
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A scientific fraud. An investigation. A lab in recovery. | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and...
Mar 11, 2025 - Science is built on trust. What happens when someone destroys it?
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‘The Fox, the Shrew, and You: How Brains Evolved,’ an excerpt | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News...
Mar 13, 2026 - In his new book, Rogier Mars provides a detailed account of animal and human brain evolution. In this excerpt from Chapter 1, he starts with the sea squirt—and…
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Fact sheet: Autism prevalence | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives
Explore changes in the diagnosis over time, global differences, the role of genes and the environment, and more.
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