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From 15-18 June, @_TheTransmitter will be at the OHBM conference. In light of our participation at the conference, here's a roundup of coverage highlighting a range of topics, from open-source tools to brain imaging. #OHBM2026 #neuroskyence
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- We are thrilled to announce the launch of The Transmitter, a publication for the neuroscience community that offers news and analysis of the field, written by journalists and scientists. Explore thetransmitter.org
00:00 - With neuroscience datasets and scientific collaborations growing in size, Gaelle Chapuis and Olivier Winter explain why neuroscience needs to create a career path for software engineers.
- The neuroscience field is grappling with whether to modify the long-standing theory of reward prediction error—or abandon it entirely. By @avaskham
- A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter. By @avaskham
- By insisting that every brain-behavior association study include hundreds or even thousands of participants, we risk stifling innovation. Smaller studies are essential to test new scanning paradigms. By Emily S. Finn
- Benjamin Scott, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University, explains why computational and systems neuroscience needs new ideas from other areas—developmental biology in particular. By Ben Scott
- Larry Abbott, @sejnowski and @HSompolinsky split $1.45 million in recognition of their decades of work uncovering principles of brain structure and function. By @GinaRivers90
- Open neuroscience: @gershbrain discusses how making data (and code) useful for yourself automatically makes it useful for others.
- Lauren Ross @ProfLaurenRoss and @DaniSBassett outline the different ways neuroscientists use the term mechanism, and they gather insight from nine scientists on how this variety makes it difficult to clarify standards in the field.
- In studying the brain, we almost always take the neuron’s perspective. But we can gain new insights by reorienting our frame of reference to that of the messages flowing over brain networks, writes Daniel J. Graham.
- A detailed look at a “pregnant brain” highlights a need to investigate the neural alterations that occur during a transition experienced by nearly 140 million people worldwide each year. By @DrShaena
- We’ve known how to implant memories in mouse minds for a decade, but can we implant these ideas in our students? @analog_ashley sat with @okaysteve to discuss the story behind the 2013 paper "Creating a false memory in the hippocampus." thetransmitter.org/how-to-teach-t…
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