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Switching neural code may solve ongoing face-recognition debate
Apr 23, 2026
5m 54s
Frameshift: How Mia Thomaidou tapped a fellowship to connect neuroscience to criminal justice
Apr 21, 2026
6m 22s
To understand decision-making, we need to truly challenge lab animals
Apr 20, 2026
7m 26s
Nearly 400 compounds affect behaviors tied to autism-linked genes in zebrafish
Apr 16, 2026
5m 40s
Arousal neurons' activity explains brain's blood flow dynamics in mice
Apr 15, 2026
5m 33s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/23/26 |  Switching neural code may solve ongoing face-recognition debate | Face patch cells in macaque monkeys initially respond to images of any object but rapidly transition to attend to faces exclusively, a new study finds. | 5m 54s | ||||||
| 4/21/26 |  Frameshift: How Mia Thomaidou tapped a fellowship to connect neuroscience to criminal justice✨ | neurosciencecriminal justice+1 | Mia Thomaidou | the Dana Foundation | — | fellowshipDana Foundation+2 | — | 6m 22s | |
| 4/20/26 |  To understand decision-making, we need to truly challenge lab animals✨ | decision-makingbrain function+1 | — | — | — | multidimensional tasksbrain areas+1 | — | 7m 26s | |
| 4/16/26 |  Nearly 400 compounds affect behaviors tied to autism-linked genes in zebrafish✨ | autismzebrafish+2 | — | paclitaxelestropipate+1 | — | SCN2ADYRK1A+1 | — | 5m 40s | |
| 4/15/26 |  Arousal neurons' activity explains brain's blood flow dynamics in mice✨ | neuronal activityblood flow dynamics+1 | — | — | — | neuronsbrain+1 | — | 5m 33s | |
| 4/14/26 |  This paper changed my life: Erin Calipari ponders the nuances of rewarding and aversive stimuli✨ | rewarding stimuliaversive stimuli+2 | Erin Calipari | — | — | Kelleher and Morsesquirrel monkeys+2 | — | 5m 44s | |
| 4/13/26 |  Why neural foundation models work, and what they might-and might not-teach us about the brain✨ | neural foundation modelsmachine learning+1 | — | — | — | generalizationspecies+2 | — | 9m 34s | |
| 4/10/26 |  Error equation predicts brain's ability to generalize✨ | neural networksbrain generalization+1 | — | — | — | artificial networksproblem-solving+1 | — | 6m 11s | |
| 4/9/26 |  Embrace complexity to improve the translatability of basic neuroscience✨ | neuroscienceexperimental design+1 | — | — | — | — | — | 6m 33s | |
| 3/19/26 |  Frameshift: How Caitlin Vander Weele made science communication her business✨ | science communicationbusiness+1 | — | Frameshift | — | researchcommunication+1 | — | 5m 50s | |
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| 3/18/26 |  Signs of aging vary across brain cells✨ | agingbrain cells+2 | — | — | — | senescencetoxic trigger+1 | — | 5m 02s | |
| 3/17/26 |  Neuroscientists challenge NIH's proposed human-data access policy | The changes would restrict the sharing of human neuroimaging, transcriptomic and genetic data. | 5m 39s | ||||||
| 3/16/26 |  Large-scale neuroimaging datasets often lack information specific to women's health, constraining AI's analysis potential | Addressing this gap will require collecting widespread data on pregnancy, menopause and other life events women experience—and could bring us closer to the “holy grail” of linking brain and behavior. | 6m 39s | ||||||
| 3/13/26 |  Remembering Annette Dolphin, who helped explain gabapentin's effects | The “intuitive” neuropharmacologist pushed against the status quo. | 7m 59s | ||||||
| 3/12/26 |  Revised statistical bar extracts less-common variants from autism genetics studies | Adjusting genetic analyses could help plug autism’s heritability gap, according to a new preprint. | 5m 11s | ||||||
| 3/11/26 |  This paper changed my life: Talia Lerner reflects on dopamine neuron diversity and the value of simple experiments | In a 2011 Neuron study, Stephan Lammel and his colleagues showed that dopamine neurons with different projections have different physiological properties. The work inspired Lerner to think about how to challenge widely held assumptions in the field. | 7m 00s | ||||||
| 3/10/26 |  Hippocampus builds reputation as 'general-purpose statistical learning machine' | New cross-species findings may help settle a long-standing debate about whether the hippocampus is required for passive learning. | 5m 51s | ||||||
| 3/9/26 |  Securing the academic pipeline amid uncertain U.S. funding climate | Finding creative ways to keep early-career researchers in academia—for example, through part-time roles—can help the field weather the storm. | 4m 56s | ||||||
| 3/5/26 |  Shifting neural code powers speech comprehension | Dynamic coding helps explain how the brain processes multiple features of speech—from the smallest units of sounds to full sentences—simultaneously. | 5m 09s | ||||||
| 3/4/26 |  Astrocytes orchestrate oxytocin's social effects in mice | The cells amplify oxytocin—and may be responsible for sex differences in social behavior, two preprints find. | 6m 11s | ||||||
| 3/3/26 |  Neuro's ark: Spying on the secret sensory world of ticks | Carola Städele, a self-proclaimed “tick magnet,” studies the arachnids’ sensory neurobiology—in other words, how these tiny parasites zero in on their next meal. | 6m 41s | ||||||
| 3/2/26 |  Lack of reviewers threatens robustness of neuroscience literature | Simple math suggests that small groups of scientists can significantly bias peer review. | 8m 31s | ||||||
| 2/26/26 |  Post-infection immune conflict alters fetal development in some male mice | The immune-conflict between dam and fetus could help explain sex differences in neurodevelopmental conditions. | 5m 09s | ||||||
| 2/25/26 |  Is there a neuroscientist in the House? | Sam Wang, a neuroscientist running for the U.S. House of Representatives, has been considering American democracy for decades. | 7m 50s | ||||||
| 2/24/26 |  Infant visual system categorizes common objects by 2 months of age | Brain activity patterns in the ventral visual cortex appear to distinguish images across 12 categories, including birds and trees, longitudinal functional MRI scans suggest. | 4m 51s | ||||||
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