Family-linked factors explain most associations between maternal illness and autism, a study of 1.1 million Danish children finds.Source: Spectrum News

A lack of programming experience can derail experimental aspirations. But custom software packages, web-based applications and video tutorials make functional MRI concepts easier to grasp.Source: Spectrum News

Eight neuroscientists at different career stages spoke with The Transmitter about whether they plan to participate in the upcoming “Stand Up for Science” demonstrations across the United States on 7 March.Source: Spectrum News

Some departments plan to shrink class sizes by 25 to 40 percent, and others may inadvertently accept more students than they can afford, according to the leaders of 21 top U.S. programs.Source: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 3 March. Source: Spectrum News

The burden of proof is on us—researchers—to explain why what we do is valuable to society.Source: Spectrum News

To harness the workmanlike prose of artificial intelligence while maintaining a recognizable style, use it as an analyzer rather than as a writer.Source: Spectrum News

This edition of Null and Noteworthy—the first for The Transmitter—highlights new findings about the auditory steady-state response in people with schizophrenia that, all within one study, somehow packed in a null result and a failed replication.Source: Spectrum News

These networks align with different assemblages of cells, a finding that could reveal how cellular diversity influences brain function, according to a new study.Source: Spectrum News

The changes could reflect different developmental trajectories between boys and girls with autism, a new study suggests. Source: Spectrum News

Touch modulates one of two dueling types of hypothalamic neurons that, thermostat-like, balance an animal’s drive for social interaction.Source: Spectrum News

Greene's book, “Memory Lane: The Perfectly Imperfect Ways We Remember,” explores the many factors that affect how we recall the events in our lives, from the mundane to the emotionally powerful. Source: Spectrum News

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