The duplications likely do not alter the conclusions, but the paper contains other methodological issues, two independent microplastics researchers say. Source: Spectrum News

As diversity and inclusion funding initiatives crumble, we as neuroscientists need to change how we write grants, better communicate the economic benefits of our work and engage in constructive conflict when necessary.Source: Spectrum News

Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.Source: Spectrum News

Author lists on papers have ballooned, and it’s getting hard to discern contribution.Source: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 24 February.Source: Spectrum News

Many neuroscience students are steeped in an experiment-first style of thinking that leads to “random walk science.” Let’s not forget how theory can guide experiments toward deeper insights.Source: Spectrum News

The termination is one of more than 1,000 employee cuts at the U.S. agency this week.Source: Spectrum News

The 1970s papers from Goldberg and Wurtz made ambitious mechanistic studies of higher brain functions seem feasible.Source: Spectrum News

Scientific data and independence are at risk. We need to work with community-driven services and university libraries to create new multi-country organizations that are resilient to political interference.Source: Spectrum News

The findings, detailed in a January preprint, suggest autism’s fundamental biology is the same regardless of ancestry. But questions remain.Source: Spectrum News

By Nahoma Presberg, MS BCBA NYS-LBA What do you do in ABA therapy, anyways? You might get this question a lot as a BCBA, and for good reason! ABA is a powerful technology that can be used to teach so many skills and reduce a wide variety of interfering behaviors. The possibilities are endless! …

As researchers reel over the uncertain state of U.S. federal funding, educating students on the business of science is more important than ever.Source: Spectrum News

U.S. National Institutes of Health-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.Source: Spectrum News

Large-scale genomics studies have failed to identify specific pathways that go awry in schizophrenia. Alternative approaches focusing on cellular, molecular and systems-level changes may be needed.Source: Spectrum News