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Alona Fyshe Alona Fyshe (she/her) on the BabyLM Challenge, a competition that trains language models (LMs) on smaller datasets, more akin to how a baby learns, in search of solutions to some of the major challenges of today’s LLMs. #NeuroAI thetransmitter.org/neuroai/the-ba…

The Brain Research International Data Governance & Exchange (BRIDGE) initiative has neuroscientists on four continents breaking down barriers to sharing brain data. Co-investigator Amadi Ihunwo speaks with laschenk about BRIDGE’s work in Africa. thetransmitter.org/qa/sharing-afr…

In its first year of publication, The Transmitter received four Jesse H. Neal Awards from SIIA, which recognize the best of business journalism and content creation: simonsfoundation.org/2025/05/20/the… #science #neuroscience

Long considered a motor structure, the human red nucleus may play more of a role in coordinating action, reward and motivated behavior, a new functional MRI study suggests. By Sydney Wyatt thetransmitter.org/brain-imaging/…

In this “Brain Inspired” episode, John Beggs joins Paul Middlebrooks to unpack the critical brain hypothesis and a wide range of past and current research on the topic. Listen now: thetransmitter.org/brain-inspired…

Some of the findings discussed in this story were published on 21 May 2025 in Cell. By Holly Barker thetransmitter.org/cell-types/exp…

We want to hear from you! We’re conducting a survey on the state of neuroscience. This week’s question is: What were the most exciting and discussed papers of 2023 and 2024? thetransmitter.typeform.com/papers?utm_sou…

After more than a month of uncertainty, 30 previously purged employees at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke received an email yesterday stating they no longer face termination. By Sydney Wyatt, Angie Voyles Askham thetransmitter.org/science-and-so…

“It was a lot of effort to use both sexes. It’s more expensive. But at the same time, it leads to a greater understanding,” says Sakeen Kashem. By Angie Voyles Askham thetransmitter.org/neuroimmunolog…

Visit the Global Autism Prevalence Map to explore studies on autism prevalence. The map shows where information is available and allows you to filter studies by sample size, study type, location and more. Available only on desktop: thetransmitter.org/map?utm_source…

Applications are now open for our fall internship program! This is an excellent opportunity for a beginning science journalist to report and write about the fast-moving field of neuroscience. Apply now: simonsfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/simonsfo…

Neuroscientists long ignored variability in animals’ behavior in favor of studying differences across groups. But now researchers are studying the brain differences that underlie that variability—and their efforts are beginning to pay off. By Angie Voyles Askham thetransmitter.org/animal-behavio…