Episódios

  • Shifting neural code powers speech comprehension
    Mar 5 2026

    Dynamic coding helps explain how the brain processes multiple features of speech—from the smallest units of sounds to full sentences—simultaneously.

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    5 minutos
  • Astrocytes orchestrate oxytocin's social effects in mice
    Mar 5 2026

    The cells amplify oxytocin—and may be responsible for sex differences in social behavior, two preprints find.

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    6 minutos
  • Neuro's ark: Spying on the secret sensory world of ticks
    Mar 5 2026

    Carola Städele, a self-proclaimed “tick magnet,” studies the arachnids’ sensory neurobiology—in other words, how these tiny parasites zero in on their next meal.

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    7 minutos
  • Lack of reviewers threatens robustness of neuroscience literature
    Mar 5 2026

    Simple math suggests that small groups of scientists can significantly bias peer review.

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    9 minutos
  • Post-infection immune conflict alters fetal development in some male mice
    Feb 26 2026

    The immune-conflict between dam and fetus could help explain sex differences in neurodevelopmental conditions.

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    5 minutos
  • Is there a neuroscientist in the House?
    Feb 26 2026

    Sam Wang, a neuroscientist running for the U.S. House of Representatives, has been considering American democracy for decades.

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    8 minutos
  • Infant visual system categorizes common objects by 2 months of age
    Feb 26 2026

    Brain activity patterns in the ventral visual cortex appear to distinguish images across 12 categories, including birds and trees, longitudinal functional MRI scans suggest.

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    5 minutos
  • Frameshift: Raphe Bernier followed his heart out of academia, then made his way back again
    Feb 20 2026

    After a clinical research career, an interlude at Apple and four months in early retirement, Raphe Bernier found joy in teaching.

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    7 minutos