A child’s socioeconomic circumstances may shape their brain more than hundreds of other factors, including IQ and parenting style.

By Natalia Mesa

https://www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imaging/iqs-link-to-brain-structure-function-in-children-may-be-a-mirage/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20260612-embargo-news-brain-imaging-IQs-link-to-brain-structure-rp

Motherhood creates a broad swath of long-term gene-expression changes in the brains of mice, according to a new study.

By Amber Dance

https://www.thetransmitter.org/pregnancy/maternity-induces-lasting-gene-expression-changes-in-mouse-brains/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20260612-news-pregnancy-maternity-induces-lasting-gene-expression-changes-in-mouse-brains

Brain scans can predict a child's socioeconomic status better than they can predict the child’s IQ.

By Natalia Mesa

https://www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imaging/iqs-link-to-brain-structure-function-in-children-may-be-a-mirage/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20260611-embargo-news-brain-imaging-IQs-link-to-brain-structure

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

https://www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/noncoding-rna-sways-core-autism-traits-in-mice/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20260611-news-noncoding-RNA-sways-autism-traits-mice-sp

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.

https://www.thetransmitter.org/neuro-education/how-to-incorporate-open-science-practices-into-neuroscience-training/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=202600610-perspectives-how-to-incorporate-open-science-practices-to-neuro-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

https://www.thetransmitter.org/awards/four-protein-synthesis-pioneers-win-kavli-prize-in-neuroscience/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20260610-news-kavli-prize-announcement

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?

https://www.thetransmitter.org/open-source-tools/a-new-atlas-of-abstracts-visualizes-the-field-of-human-brain-mapping-where-does-your-work-fit/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20260609-q&a-mac-shine-satrajit-ghosh

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.

https://www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-intelligence/the-illusion-of-ai-consciousness-lessons-from-human-unconscious-processing/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20260608-perspectives-ai-lessons-from-human-unconscious-processing