LLMs are now routinely used to search, summarize and synthesize the literature at scales impossible for any individual researcher—yet scientific publishing has not adapted to that reality, writes Rachel Parkinson.
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A child’s socioeconomic circumstances may shape their brain more than hundreds of other factors, including IQ and parenting style.
By Natalia Mesa
Motherhood creates a broad swath of long-term gene-expression changes in the brains of mice, according to a new study.
By Amber Dance
Brain scans can predict a child's socioeconomic status better than they can predict the child’s IQ.
By Natalia Mesa
With just a high school equivalency degree and struggling as a single mother, Tempest McDonald is forced to shift her priorities. Chapter 2 of "When autistic kids grow up" is out now: https://www.thetransmitter.org/when-autistic-kids-grow-up/chapter-2-you-need-to-go-to-college/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20260611-when-autistic-kids-grow-up-chapter-2
Small deletions in an X-linked RNA are associated with autism in boys and alter social behavior in male mice, without affecting learning and memory, a new study reports.
By Giorgia Guglielmi
Surprisingly few college and graduate-level courses center around open neuroscience. In her essay, Kaitlyn Casimo shares how educators and institutions can best incorporate these practices in neuroscience training.
According to Edvard Moser, director of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, the four recipients of the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience challenged what had long been regarded as a central dogma in neuroscience.
By Alissa de Chassey
Mac Shine talks with Satrajit Ghosh about the #OHBM2026 Abstract Atlas—a community-built tool that places every 2026 abstract inside the broader neuroscience landscape. Where does your work sit in the field?
Complex, goal-directed and even emotionally responsive behavior can unfold without awareness, providing a useful lens for interpreting artificial systems, write Vanessa Hadid, Karim Jerbi and John W. Krakauer.