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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.

By Shaena Montanari
22 August 2024 | 3 min read

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‘Push-pull’ recipe for neural wiring used in multiple brain regions

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Reward-learning algorithm hardwired into dopamine circuit

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