Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 7 July.Source: Spectrum News

Predictive sensory processing in sleeping Drosophila echoes vertebrate research, establishing an evolutionarily conserved neural signature of sleep. Source: Spectrum News

Data reuse represents an opportunity to accelerate the pace of science, reduce costs and increase the value of our collective research investments. New tools that make open data easier to use—and new pressures, including funding cuts—may increase uptake.Source: Spectrum News

But the finding has not settled the long-standing debate over the existence and extent of neurogenesis during adulthood, says Yale University neuroscientist Juan Arellano.Source: Spectrum News

Wang discusses why he decided the time was right for a new theoretical neuroscience textbook and how bifurcation is a key missing concept in neuroscience explanations.Source: Spectrum News

Critics of a 2024 Nature paper suggest the authors failed to address the risk of false-positive findings. The authors argue more rigorous methods can result in missed leads.Source: Spectrum News

The International Society for Autism Research cited a need to “thoughtfully reimagine” its popular online program before resuming it in 2026.Source: Spectrum News

People can perceive some visual information even if they do not pay direct attention to it.Source: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 30 June.Source: Spectrum News

Instead, neurons encode the position of sequential items in working memory based on when they fire during ongoing brain wave oscillations—a finding that challenges a long-standing theory.Source: Spectrum News

Shane Liddelow and his collaborators identified the factors that transform astrocytes from their helpful to harmful form. Their work is a great choice if you want to teach students about glial cell types, cell culture, gene expression or protein measurement.Source: Spectrum News

Astrocytes serve as crucial mediators of neuromodulatory processes previously attributed to direct communication between neurons, four new studies show.Source: Spectrum News

The issue with the supplementary figures likely does not change the conclusions of the paper, according to an outside expert.Source: Spectrum News

Michaiel, a program officer at the Kavli Foundation, shares what it took to cultivate research on the relationship between climate change and the nervous system. Source: Spectrum News