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1. Temporal constraints on the neural signatures of narrative processing

   This article has 3 authors:

   1. Aline-Priscillia Messi
   2. Abir Bhuyain
   3. Liina Pylkkanen

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     eLife Assessment

     This study presents a valuable finding on the spatio-temporal neural dynamics of language processing modulated by story context and presentation speed. The presentation of evidence in the version of the original submission is solid, as providing further clarifications on methodological details and addressing potential confounds would strengthen the study. The work will be of interest to cognitive neuroscientists working on reading and language comprehension.

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2. Distance Mapping and Variable-Specific Geometry of Goal-Relevant Frames in the Retrosplenial Cortex

   This article has 4 authors:

   1. Yumin Chen
   2. Xinhang Wei
   3. Lingwei Tang
   4. Haibing Xu

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     eLife Assessment

     Chen and colleagues use in vivo electrophysiology in rats to characterize distance-encoding neurons in the retrosplenial cortex during both random foraging and goal-oriented navigation. This valuable work identifies a subset of retrosplenial neurons that encode distance to a hidden goal, and it reports that head-direction coding is enhanced during goal-directed navigation relative to foraging. Although the analytical framework aims to isolate the unique contribution of goal distance to retrosplenial firing patterns, strongly covarying self-motion and spatial signals leave the main claims about distance coding incompletely supported.

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3. Whole brain mapping of spinal-projecting neurons in larval zebrafish

   This article has 7 authors:

   1. Martin Carbo-Tano
   2. Kevin Fidelin
   3. Tom Welch
   4. Sujatha Narayan
   5. Misha Ahrens
   6. Réjean Dubuc
   7. Claire Wyart

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     eLife Assessment

     This valuable study is a rigorous and comprehensive anatomical description of populations of spinal-projecting neurons in the brain of the larval zebrafish. The manuscript consists of compelling data that reveal a far more complete and robust visualization of these populations than past work. The scholarship is also notable, featuring thoughtful contextualization of the findings with respect to both non-mammalian and mammalian literature.

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4. Protein generation with evolutionary diffusion: sequence is all you need

   This article has 10 authors:

   1. Sarah Alamdari
   2. Nitya Thakkar
   3. Rianne van den Berg
   4. Neil Tenenholtz
   5. Robert Strome
   6. Alan M. Moses
   7. Alex X. Lu
   8. Nicolò Fusi
   9. Ava P. Amini
   10. Kevin K. Yang

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     eLife Assessment

     This important study introduces EvoDiff, an order-agnostic diffusion foundation model for protein sequence generation, and demonstrates its potential across unconditional generation, motif scaffolding, MSA-conditioned design, and IDR inpainting. The evidence supporting the principal claims is solid, combining computational evaluation with experimental validation, although the comparative advantages and generality of some applications would benefit from further clarification and calibration.

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5. Adolescent social isolation creates a latent vulnerability in maternal care with intergenerational social consequences, rescued by experienced mothers

   This article has 6 authors:

   1. Jose Francis-Oliveira
   2. Rinako Tanaka
   3. Matthew Shen
   4. Emily Cruvinel
   5. Shin-ichi Kano
   6. Minae Niwa

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     eLife Assessment

     This study examines how adolescent adversity influences maternal caregiving and social development across generations. The findings are potentially valuable, but several conclusions currently extend beyond what is directly supported by the data, rendering the strength of the evidence incomplete. Key mechanistic claims are limited by the communal reassuring design, and by several unresolved questions regarding causality and interpretation.

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   10.1101/2025.10.09.681498

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   10.64898/2026.02.19.706918

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   10.64898/2026.04.21.719818

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   10.64898/2026.06.16.732532

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    10.64898/2026.06.09.731211