Rebecca Horne
Art Director, The Transmitter
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Monkeys build mental maps to navigate new tasks
Cognitive maps, also known as world models, allow animals to imagine novel scenarios based on past experiences.
Monkeys build mental maps to navigate new tasks
Baby sibs; sleep in Dup15q syndrome; pediatrician deserts
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 29 July.
Baby sibs; sleep in Dup15q syndrome; pediatrician deserts
The Transmitter Launch: Q&A with Kaitlyn Casimo
A self-proclaimed “neuroscientist, engagement manager and theater nerd,” Casimo taps her broad training to engage the public and deliver “elevator pitch” workshops for Allen Institute scientists.
The Transmitter Launch: Q&A with Kaitlyn Casimo
Can an emerging field called ‘neural systems understanding’ explain the brain?
This mashup of neuroscience, artificial intelligence and even linguistics and philosophy of mind aims to crack the deep question of what "understanding" is, however un-brain-like its models may be.
Can an emerging field called ‘neural systems understanding’ explain the brain?
PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome; arginine vasopressin; self-harm assessment tools
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 1 April.
PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome; arginine vasopressin; self-harm assessment tools
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Maguire, mastermind of the famous London taxi-driver study, broadened the field and championed the importance of spatial representations in memory.
Brain gene expression syncs between bonded prairie voles
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Brain gene expression syncs between bonded prairie voles
The overlapping activity in the animals’ nucleus accumbens may underpin pair bonding, a new preprint suggests.
Many autism-linked proteins influence hair-like cilia on human brain cells
The finding may help explain autism’s association with multiple co-occurring conditions that involve cilia defects.
Many autism-linked proteins influence hair-like cilia on human brain cells
The finding may help explain autism’s association with multiple co-occurring conditions that involve cilia defects.