Two-month-olds show distinct neural patterns when viewing animals, toys, and everyday objects, indicating early category recognition and foundational cognitive organization.

AI-assisted decoding of these brain signals represents a methodological advance for studying early cognition, with relevance for therapists, psychotherapists, social workers, and other mental health professionals concerned with developmental trajectories.

Article Title: Two-month-old babies are already making sense of the world
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#InfantCognition #EarlyDevelopment #BrainImaging #AIinNeuroscience #Neurodevelopment

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Brain Scans of Infants Reveal the Moment We Start Making Memories

A new study on "infantile amnesia" aims to answer a century-old mystery: Why can’t most us remember our earliest years?

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Neurotransmitter switching in early development predicts autism-related behaviors

Scientists have found that a process called neurotransmitter switching—where neurons alter their chemical signals—plays a role in the development of autism-related traits.

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DNA methylation reprogramming in teleosts

New paper by S. Matlosz n more.

Great methodological point about gDNA
#epigenetics #evolution #fish #earlyDevelopment #gDNA

Hypothetical scenarios for changes in global methylation during early development, and differences between methods.
Shown are the expected measured global methylation trends in cases of reprogramming (below), or lack thereof (above), with gDNA‐specific
(left) and nonspecific methods (right).
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ede.12486

DNA methylation reprogramming in teleosts

Sébastien Matlosz et al. Evol Dev. 2024.

Fun review led by Sebastien Matlosz
Took an interesting turn during review, but ended in a good spot

And now Sebastiens phd defense in leas than a month

#epigenetic #fish #DNAmethylation #PGCs #EarlyDevelopment

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38783650/

DNA methylation reprogramming in teleosts - PubMed

Early embryonic development is crucially important but also remarkably diverse among animal taxa. Axis formation and cell lineage specification occur due to both spatial and temporal control of gene expression. This complex system involves various signaling pathways and developmental genes such as t …

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Life With Extra Steps (Thanks Anxiety) - Autonomy & Agency

Feats of engineering. Works of art. Respectable finished outcomes. So much over-engineering born of never feeling worthy enough. I have to do more. I have to

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Fish Blast!!- The user blasts an enemy monster with fish. Covering the field. Stupid monsters sometimes will eat a fish and not attack.

#monster #pixelart #pixel #game #videogames #gamedev #gameasset #gameassets #sludge #creature
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