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thetransmitter, 7 days ago to random

Modern neuroscience needs a cultural shift to adopt new authorship practices.

By @meganakpeters

https://www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/at-the-credit-crossroads-modern-neuroscience-needs-a-cultural-shift-to-adopt-new-authorship-practices/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20240520-credit-crossroads

thetransmitter, 11 days ago to random

The widely used measure of “theory of mind” needs to be re-examined, along with the long-standing claim that autism is linked to a lack of this ability.

By Wendy C. Higgins, Robert M. Ross

https://www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/its-past-time-to-stop-using-the-reading-the-mind-in-the-eyes-test/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20240516-reading-mind

thetransmitter, 17 days ago to random

Blinking may actually be more of a feature of seeing than a bug, new research suggests

By @avaskham

https://www.thetransmitter.org/vision/visual-perception-improves-in-the-blink-of-an-eye/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20240510-perception-improves

thetransmitter, 21 days ago to random

Most members of an inclusivity committee at a neuroscience institute at McGill University have resigned from the group in protest after the institute announced that a staff member dedicated to their efforts would not have her contract renewed.

By Elissa Welle

https://www.thetransmitter.org/dei/inclusivity-committee-disbands-in-protest-at-canadian-neuroscience-institute/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20240506-inclusivity-committee

thetransmitter, 21 days ago to random

Video data are enormously useful and growing rapidly, but the field lacks a searchable, shareable way to store them.

By Robert Froemke

https://www.thetransmitter.org/open-neuroscience-and-data-sharing/neuroscience-needs-a-research-video-archive/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20240506-neuroscience-needs

thetransmitter, 25 days ago to random

What neuroscientists should know—and what they can do—about changes to BRAIN initiative funding.

By Angie Voyles Askham

https://www.thetransmitter.org/funding/what-neuroscientists-should-know-and-what-they-can-do-about-changes-to-brain-initiative-funding/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20240502-what-neuroscientists

thetransmitter, 1 month ago to random

"I just don’t understand how, of all places to cut, you would cut 40 percent from the BRAIN Initiative, which is working to understand how biology achieves intelligence." - Doris Tsao, professor of neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley

By @avaskham

https://www.thetransmitter.org/funding/278-million-cut-in-brain-initiative-funding-leaves-neuroscientists-in-limbo/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20240418-278-million

thetransmitter, 1 month ago to random

By insisting that every brain-behavior association study include hundreds or even thousands of participants, we risk stifling innovation. Smaller studies are essential to test new scanning paradigms.

By Emily S. Finn

https://www.thetransmitter.org/future-of-fmri/to-improve-big-data-we-need-small-scale-human-imaging-studies/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20240415-to-improve

thetransmitter, 1 month ago to random

U.S. government finds 'star’ neuroscientist faked data in paper and grant applications, to obtain more than $1.4 million in federal funding.

By Calli McMurray

https://www.thetransmitter.org/ethics/star-neuroscientist-faked-data-in-paper-and-grant-applications-u-s-government-finds/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20240405-gov-finds-neuroscientist-faked-data

thetransmitter, 1 month ago to random

The honeybee’s signature waggle dance, discovered more than 75 years ago, communicates the distance to and direction of a food source to its fellow bees. But how do follower bees interpret the dance to track down their next meal?

By Shaena Montanari

https://www.thetransmitter.org/neuroethology/dancing-in-the-dark-honeybees-use-antennae-to-decode-nestmates-waggles/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20240403-dancing-in

thetransmitter, 2 months ago to random

Mechanical receptors can detect intracranial pressure changes caused by blood flow, which enables neurons to synchronize with the heartbeat.

By Calli McMurray

https://www.thetransmitter.org/electrophysiology/neurons-in-the-rat-olfactory-bulb-feel-the-pulse/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20240326-feel-the-pulse

thetransmitter, 2 months ago to random

We found an issue with a specific type of brain imaging study and tried to share it with the field. Then the backlash began.

By @nicodosenbach and Scott Marek

https://www.thetransmitter.org/fmri/breaking-down-the-winners-curse-lessons-from-brain-wide-association-studies/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20240325-lessons-from-brain-studies

thetransmitter, 2 months ago to random

When neurons strengthen their synapses, they “infect” surrounding cells with a virus-like protein to weaken those cells’ excitatory connections, according to a new preprint.

By Holly Barker

https://www.thetransmitter.org/synaptic-plasticity/neurons-making-memories-shush-their-neighbors/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20240322-neurons-making-memories

thetransmitter, 2 months ago to random

New methods make it possible to probe the neural substrates of memory with unprecedented precision. Making the most of them demands careful experimental design.

By Stephen Maren

https://www.thetransmitter.org/learning/learning-or-performance-why-the-distinction-matters-for-memory-science/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=2024311-learning-or

thetransmitter, 2 months ago to random

To become a scientist, O’Connell first needed to leave the family farm.

By Brady Huggett

https://bit.ly/49QUven

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thetransmitter, 3 months ago to random

The award-winning researcher’s discoveries have changed the way we think about the brain; that’s exactly what her critics dislike.

By @emilysohn

https://www.thetransmitter.org/glymphatic-system/maiken-nedergaards-power-of-disruption/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=2024226-maiken-nedergaards

thetransmitter, 3 months ago to random

Representing data through music makes it possible to spot patterns that link behavior, neural activity and hemodynamic activity in an awake mouse. Neural activity is represented as piano notes, whereas hemodynamic activity is encoded as violin chords.

By Calli McMurray

https://www.thetransmitter.org/methods/getting-musical-to-spot-patterns-in-whole-brain-imaging-data-qa-with-elizabeth-hillman/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=2024221-getting-musical

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thetransmitter, 3 months ago to random

How scuba diving helped me embrace open science

By Ted Satterthwaite

https://www.thetransmitter.org/open-neuroscience-and-data-sharing/how-scuba-diving-helped-me-embrace-open-science/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=2024219-how-scuba

thetransmitter, 3 months ago to writing

Are you interested in writing an essay for The Transmitter? To pitch an idea, write a paragraph or two describing the scope of the piece and your “take.” Note why it’s timely, and describe specific evidence you’ll use to support your argument. Learn more: https://www.thetransmitter.org/editorial-policies/#writing-scientists?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=2024214-writing-scientists

thetransmitter, 3 months ago to random

When do neural representations give rise to mental representations? To answer this question, @WiringtheBrain suggests considering the animal’s "umwelt," or what it needs to know about the world. Read Kevin MItchell's perspective here:

https://www.thetransmitter.org/defining-representations/when-do-neural-representations-give-rise-to-mental-representations/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=2024213-when-do

thetransmitter, 3 months ago to random

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Today we are asking our readers to share their stories about the women who made an impact on their neuroscience careers. Who helped shape your career in neuroscience?

Tag that person or share your story below

thetransmitter, 3 months ago to random

We’re just one day away from International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Is there a woman who inspired you to pursue a career in neuroscience?

Tag her or share your story below.

thetransmitter, 3 months ago to random

"We’ve known how to implant memories in mouse minds for a decade, but can we implant these ideas in our students?

Ashley Juavinett sat down with Steve Ramirez to discuss the story behind the 2013 paper "Creating a false memory in the hippocampus."

https://www.thetransmitter.org/how-to-teach-this-paper/how-to-teach-this-paper-creating-a-false-memory-in-the-hippocampus-by-ramirez-and-liu-et-al-2013/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=202426-how-to

thetransmitter, 3 months ago to random

Cognition in brainless organisms is redefining what it means to learn

By Annie Melchor

https://www.thetransmitter.org/cognition/cognition-in-brainless-organisms-is-redefining-what-it-means-to-learn/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=2024131-cognition-in

thetransmitter, 3 months ago to random

Sheena Josselyn and memories lost, found and created

By Alla Katsnelson

https://www.thetransmitter.org/memory/sheena-josselyn-and-memories-lost-found-and-created/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=2024130-sheena-josselyn