Ashley Juavinett

2 months ago | thetransmitter.org | Calli McMurray |Katie Moisse |Angie Voyles Askham |Ashley Juavinett

ReporterThe Transmitter Share this article: Tags: Cognitive neuroscience, Attention, Brain imaging, Developmental neuroscience, fMRI, Hippocampus, Learning, Memory, Neurodevelopment A decade ago, Nick Turk-Browne unintentionally created a paradox. He demonstrated in a series of studies that statistical learning, or the ability to extract patterns from experiences, depends on the hippocampus, a brain region also involved in forming episodic memories.

Feb 28, 2025 | thetransmitter.org | Laura Dattaro |Holly Barker |Angie Voyles Askham |Ashley Juavinett

Contributing writer Share this article: Welcome to Null and Noteworthy, a monthly newsletter about neuroscience research that fails to support a hypothesis or replicates a previously proposed one. Though these studies are typically less splashy than those that many journals publish, they often bring more nuance and complexity to the field by exposing cracks in or solidifying previous findings.

Feb 19, 2025 | thetransmitter.org | Ashley Juavinett |Angie Voyles Askham |Austin Coley |Olivia Gieger

It is widely accepted that decades of publicly funded scientific research have helped us develop novel vaccines, reduce deaths from cancer and extend our life expectancies. On the neuroscience front, we have translated brain activity into speech as well as movement, stimulated deep parts of the brain to alleviate symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and identified the genetic causes of some types of epilepsy—largely thanks to U.S. government funding.

Jan 10, 2025 | thetransmitter.org | Calli McMurray |Claudia Lopez Lloreda |Angie Voyles Askham |Ashley Juavinett

One night in 1995, while watching TV, cognitive neuroscientist Eleanor Maguire got an idea for a new experiment. She was watching a made-for-TV movie called “The Knowledge,” which follows a group of men studying for the London taxi-driver examination—a grueling, years-long endeavor that involves memorizing every street in London.

Nov 5, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Jill Adams |Elizabeth Repasky |Sandra Sexton |Ashley Juavinett

A suicide-risk screening tool modified for use in autistic people compares well with clinician-based assessments. Spectrum previously covered a different questionnaire to assess suicidal thoughts and behaviors in people on the spectrum. AutismMice missing the FMR1 gene, a model of fragile X syndrome, show autism-like behaviors and disruptions in neural connections between the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex, according to a preprint.