Episodes

  • Still no proof for facilitated spelling methods
    May 27 2026

    A systematic review into whether the “rapid prompting method” or “spelling to communicate” can help autistic people express themselves comes up empty yet again.

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    7 mins
  • Oregon primate center scientists fight proposed sanctuary transition
    May 27 2026

    A group of employees has launched a series of campaigns to advocate for their work and argue against the center’s potential transition to an animal sanctuary.

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    7 mins
  • When autistic kids grow up
    May 20 2026

    An autistic researcher’s paper called attention to a huge disparity in autism funding research between children and adults. It nearly derailed her life.

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    2 mins
  • The 'secretly awesome' side of a teaching career
    May 27 2026

    The freedom to do “wacky” research projects that interest you is a major perk of the teaching stream, says Suzanne Wood, a teaching professor at the University of Toronto.

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    7 mins
  • What can AI teach us about 'emotions'?
    May 27 2026

    Exploring why Anthropic’s AI, Claude, displays something like emotion could ultimately help us better understand the function that emotions serve in humans.

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    8 mins
  • This paper changed my life: Appreciating John Hopfield's brilliant neural network
    May 27 2026

    In a 1982 paper, the Nobel laureate created his namesake recurrent neural network—work that taught Maria Geffen to always ground research questions in biology.

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    6 mins
  • How basic neuroscientists can connect with autistic people and their communities
    May 27 2026

    A first-of-its-kind workshop offers a template for autism researchers who want to incorporate community perspectives into their work.

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    8 mins
  • Long-sought walking circuit found in fruit flies
    May 27 2026

    The neuronal circuit controlling repetitive locomotion patterns in any animal has been a mystery until now.

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    8 mins