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

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 17 February.Source: Spectrum News

Now is the time to decipher what makes the brain both flexible and dependable—and to apply those lessons to AI—before an unaligned agentic system wreaks havoc.Source: Spectrum News

Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.Source: Spectrum News

In their new book, published earlier this week, Giordano and Shook examine how ethics can guide neuroscience research and its real-world applications.Source: Spectrum News