By Patrick Faga, MS, Creator of the FirstWork App Tablets have become common tools in education, but their impact in special education, especially within the framework of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), deserves special attention. For many students—particularly those with autism—tablets can offe…

Whether looking back at his career highlights or forward to his latest projects, the psychiatrist is committed to supporting autistic people at every age.Source: Spectrum News

New research published today suggests that the pericoeruleus acts as a kind of micromanager of arousal, selectively inhibiting different subgroups of locus coeruleus neurons depending on the behavioral context.Source: Spectrum News

The trio is part of the adversarial collaboration launched to test various theories of consciousness, a project known as COGITATE.Source: Spectrum News

The rapid eye movement (REM) phase preserves newly acquired memories, but deeper non-REM sleep helps to adapt and update them, according to “heroic” day-long electrode recordings in rats.Source: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 5 May.Source: Spectrum News

We need a new conceptual framework for understanding cognitive functions—particularly how globally distributed brain states are formed and maintained for hours. Source: Spectrum News

With a complete fly connectome in hand, researchers are taking the next step to model how brain circuits fuel function. Source: Spectrum News

The head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is ignoring decades of research findings.Source: Spectrum News

Last week, Tager-Flusberg formed the Coalition of Autism Scientists to push back on the U.S. government’s plans for autism research, as described by Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. The coalition already has 220 members. Source: Spectrum News

As the International Society for Autism Research’s annual meeting begins, its next president reflects on a brewing crisis.Source: Spectrum News

The analysis, which has not yet been peer reviewed, attributes the finding to misidentified immune cells instead.Source: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 28 April.Source: Spectrum News

The tool provides a new way to characterize cells and study neuronal circuits.Source: Spectrum News