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Autism Featured Neuroscience

·June 9, 2026·9 min read

Parental Infertility Biology, Not IVF, Linked to Child Autism Traits

A new study untangled the relationship between parental fertility history, reproductive technologies, and childhood behavioral outcomes.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·June 9, 2026·11 min read

Uninherited Parental Genes Shape Child Development

Researchers tracked how direct DNA sequences, indirect "genetic nurture" environments, and parent-of-origin imprinting effects influence a child’s height, BMI, and academic test performance.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·June 8, 2026·7 min read

Father’s Pre-Conception Drinking Damages Offspring Mitochondria

A new study investigates how paternal alcohol exposure triggers transgenerational chronic disease.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 8, 2026·9 min read

Preschool Outdoor Play Protects Childhood Mental Health

The findings show that each additional day per week a child plays outdoors between ages two and four increases their odds of remaining in a healthy, low-symptom category through age eight by 6% to 14%, reducing both internalizing issues like anxiety and externalizing behaviors like hyperactivity.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·June 7, 2026·9 min read

Fly Genetics Simplifies Mammalian Neurobiology Models

Researchers demonstrate that the vast cellular complexity of the fruit fly cerebrum can be organized into fewer than 200 foundational "ground plans."

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Featured Neuroscience

·June 5, 2026·8 min read

Early Life Diet Linked to Adolescent Intelligence

Researchers discovered discovered that sub-optimal nutrition during the first years of life correlates with lower intelligence scores during adolescence, even after accounting for external confounding influences.

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·June 4, 2026·8 min read

Cannabis Use Lowers Brain Iron and Dopamine Levels

A new study demonstrates that adolescent cannabis use is associated with structural changes in brain regions governing reward processing.

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Featured Neuroscience

·June 4, 2026·6 min read

Irregular Sleep Time Lowers Kids’ Memory and Language Learning Scores

A new study reveals that irregular sleep patterns lower receptive vocabulary and visuospatial memory scores in preschool children.

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Featured Neuroscience

·June 3, 2026·10 min read

Cortisol Pathway Discovered to Close Early Brain Plasticity

A new study reveals that the stress hormone cortisol plays a critical role in closing early-life brain plasticity windows.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 27, 2026·10 min read

Paternal Anxiety Rewires Embryonic Growth Settings

Paternal stress prior to conception alters small molecular signals within sperm to dictate offspring development.

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Featured Neuroscience

·May 27, 2026·215 min read

Teenage Lipid Dysfunction May Slow Brain Processing Speed

Blood markers of dysfunctional lipid metabolism are directly associated with poorer cognitive function in 15–17-year-olds.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·May 26, 2026·9 min read

Progenitor Cell Aging Rates Dictate Brain Layer Proportions

Cortical variations are dictated by the distinct "aging rates" of neural progenitor cells controlled by Wnt signaling pathways.

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