
Ben Rein
Postdoctoral researcher
Stanford University
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The autism researcher firing up TikTok: A Q&A with Ben Rein
In the lab, neuroscientist Ben Rein studies mouse models of autism. But on TikTok, he’s fighting pseudoscience about his field, one video at a time.

The autism researcher firing up TikTok: A Q&A with Ben Rein
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