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Watching the mind build a world: Lucid dreaming as a model for generative perception
Mass-produced science is coming. What happens to scientists?
AI can’t solve the brain without data that fit together
An underappreciated aspect of this paper is how strongly it anticipated modern systems neuroscience.
— SIDARTA RIBEIRO, PROFESSOR OF NEUROSCIENCE AND DIRECTOR OF THE BRAIN INSTITUTE, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE READ MORE
Diverse autism genes derail common developmental pathways
When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 4: How did things unfold?
When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 3: Would there be data?
When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 2: “You need to go to college”
Exclusive: Brain and spinal cord institute halts research, citing funding problems
Getting grants feels good, but giving them is even better
Models at the speed of thought: How AI coding is reshaping theoretical neuroscience
The ‘secretly awesome’ side of a teaching career
Supported by a $40 million NIH grant, Yale brain shuttle technology raises questions
Yale University claims its STEP platform might be able to deliver gene-editing tools into the brain via multiple routes. Researchers are eager to see more.
A brief history of precision self-scanning
When a researcher solved a logistical problem by going rogue, the idea proved remarkably infectious.
This paper changed my life: Learning the molecular rules of cell identity
This paper changed my life: Appreciating John Hopfield’s brilliant neural network
Neuropathologist not guilty of research misconduct, says university probe
Scientists decry conference’s use of hidden prompts to snare AI peer reviews
Exclusive: Neuroscience journal editor resigns over automation concerns
Writing science that humans and machines can read
The Transmitter ’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025
We recognize the outstanding achievements of 25 neuroscientists who stand to shape the field for years to come.
The Transmitter’s New Lab Directory
Diving in with Nachum Ulanovsky
From friend to foe: How the brain updates feelings toward others
‘Completely new learning mechanism’ drives navigation in fruit flies
Reward-learning algorithm hardwired into dopamine circuit
Long-sought walking circuit found in fruit flies
‘The Brain, In Theory,’ an excerpt
David Sussillo on persistence, luck and the bonds between life and work
‘The Fox, the Shrew, and You: How Brains Evolved,’ an excerpt
Trading places: What happens when neuroscience turns into machine learning, and machine learning turns into neuroscience?
Neuroscience has become increasingly concerned with prediction, and machine learning with causal explanation, with each field adopting methods from the other. I asked eight experts to weigh in on what we stand to learn from this exchange.
The visual system’s lingering mystery: Connecting neural activity and perception
Figuring out how the brain uses information from visual neurons may require new tools. I asked 10 neuroscientists what experimental and conceptual methods they think we’re missing.