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Nov 14, 2024 | 
nature.com | Panagiotis Fotiadis |Dani S. Bassett
We appreciate the thoughtful Correspondence from A. Turnbull, F. V. Lin and Z. Zhang about our recent Review (Fotiadis, P. et al. Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 25, 688–704; 2024)1, in which we synthesized recent work assessing the dynamic relationship between structural and functional connectivity in the human brain, commonly referred to as structure–function coupling (SFC).
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
thetransmitter.org | Jason Shepherd |Dani S. Bassett |Lauren Ross |Nicole Rust
Professor of neurobiology University of Utah Share this article: Tags: The big picture, Memory, molecular neuroscience representation, Synapses, Synaptic plasticity, Systems neuroscience “Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” —Marcel Proust Our subjective experiences are continuously filtered through the lens of memory, so brains have to find a balance between stable memory storage and the flexibility to update existing memories with new...
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
thetransmitter.org | Dani S. Bassett |Lauren Ross |Jason Shepherd |Nicole Rust
In neuroscience, “mechanism” is a common and powerful concept. Mechanisms are often viewed as causal systems, which helps explain their central role in neuroscience. Causes are factors that can control, predict and explain their effects, giving us an understanding of why things happen and a way to target future outcomes. Identifying causal relationships and systems is necessary to understand the natural world, and the brain is no exception.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
thetransmitter.org | Dani S. Bassett |Lauren Ross |Nicole Rust |Calli McMurray
Recent articles Researchers ask colleagues to weigh in on important topics in the field. Subscribe to get notified every time a new “The big picture” is published. Mechanism is a common and powerful concept, invoked in grant calls and publication guidelines. But scientists use it in different ways, making it difficult to clarify standards in the field. We asked nine scientists to weigh in.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
thetransmitter.org | Dani S. Bassett |Lauren Ross |Claudia Lopez Lloreda |Jason Shepherd
Lauren N. Ross is associate professor of logic and philosophy of science at the University of California, Irvine. Her research concerns causal reasoning and explanation in the life sciences, primarily neuroscience and biology. One main area of her research explores causal varieties—different types of causes, causal relationships and causal systems in the life sciences.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
physics.aps.org | Suman Kulkarni |Dani S. Bassett
September 23, 2024• Physics 17, 136Researchers leverage synapse-level maps of the fruit fly brain to examine how neuronal connection probabilities vary with distance, offering insights into how these neuronal networks may optimize function within spatial constraints. (Top) Adapted from S. Dorkenwald et al. [4a] (CC-BY-ND 4.0); (Bottom) FlyWire and S. Dorkenwald et al., Nat. Methods 19, 119 (2022)(Top) Adapted from S. Dorkenwald et al. [4a] (CC-BY-ND 4.0); (Bottom) FlyWire and S.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
thetransmitter.org | Dani S. Bassett |Lauren Ross |Lauren Schenkman |Angie Voyles Askham
Dani Bassett is J. Peter Skirkanich Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, with appointments in the bioengineering; electrical and systems engineering; physics and astronomy; neurology; and psychiatry departments. They are also an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Bassett is most well known for blending neural and systems engineering to identify fundamental mechanisms of cognition and disease in human brain networks.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
nature.com | Lauren Ross |Dani S. Bassett
In our recent Review (Ross, L. N. & Bassett, D. S. Causation in neuroscience: keeping mechanism meaningful. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 25, 81–90; 2024)1, we suggest that the term mechanism lacks a clear and consistent definition across neuroscientific research. We outline challenges associated with the myriad meanings of this term, which guides grant and publication acceptances and remains viewed as a fundamental unit for understanding the brain.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
nature.com | Lauren Ross |Dani S. Bassett
AbstractA fundamental goal of research in neuroscience is to uncover the causal structure of the brain. This focus on causation makes sense, because causal information can provide explanations of brain function and identify reliable targets with which to understand cognitive function and prevent or change neurological conditions and psychiatric disorders.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu | Richard Louv |Perry Zurn |Dani S. Bassett |Evangelos Kotsioris
BeeLine Reader uses subtle color gradients to help you read more efficiently. In spite of widespread assumptions that young people on the autism spectrum have a “natural” attraction to technology — a premise that leads to significant speculation about how media helps or harms them — relatively little research actually exists about their everyday tech use.
