By Kadin McElwain When I was 11, I was introduced to caffeinated beverages, specifically Rockstar Energy Drinks and Redbulls. Whenever I had pocket money lying around, I would go out and get an abundance of these energy drinks. But recently, I noticed that consuming a lot of these beverages has caus…

By Raquel Abiahy Representation is not just an abstract concept; it is a powerful force that shapes how we perceive ourselves and others. For those who grow up without seeing themselves positively reflected in the media or public spaces, the message is clear: “You don’t belong.” This impact was prof…

For The Transmitter’s first annual book, five contributing editors reflect on what subfields demand greater focus in the near future—from dynamical systems and computation to technologies for studying the human brain.Source: Spectrum News

Our chosen stories include tales about research misconduct in the lab, a neuroscientist working at the end of the world, and the passing of neuroanatomy’s “great-grandfather,” Harvey Karten. Source: Spectrum News

We round up our most notable autism stories of the past 12 months.Source: Spectrum News

“We’ve cured mouse-heimer’s thousands of times...”—find out who said this to a Transmitter reporter, and read our other favorite quotes from the past year.Source: Spectrum News

These five stories—on the pregnant brain, a failed imaging method and more—top our list of some of the most notable neuroscience research findings this year.Source: Spectrum News

From sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease to enduring citation bias, experts weighed in on important scientific and practical issues in neuroscience. Source: Spectrum News

Our picks include a deep dive into dopamine, the role of PKMzeta in memory, and studying the stomatogastric ganglion. Source: Spectrum News

Meet 10 neuroscientists bringing model diversity back with the funky animals they study.Source: Spectrum News

By Ron Sandison After writing my fourth book Adulting on the Spectrum I felt like I had one thing I had not yet achieved which my brothers and friends had accomplished, own a house. Ron Sandison Autism has made life a challenge for me. Only 3% of people with autism are gainfully employed, 85% of …

These complex combinations of organoids afford a closer look at how gene alterations affect certain brain networks.Source: Spectrum News

The human brain takes in sensory information roughly 100 million times faster than it can respond. Neuroscientists need to explore this perceptual paradox to better understand the limits of the brain, Meister and Zheng say.Source: Spectrum News

Twenty-five years ago, Rajesh Rao proposed a seminal theory of how brains could implement predictive coding for perception. His modern version zeroes in on actions.Source: Spectrum News