Parents’ health, treatment dosages and sensory perception feature in this month’s crop of null and replicated results.

The transplanted cells integrate into living animals’ neural circuitry and influence behavior.

Common variants in five regions of the genome may determine whether someone has one condition versus the other.

Researchers can maximize the impact of their results by engaging policymakers more effectively.

Restoring the gene, TAOK2, in mice missing an autism-linked region of chromosome 16 normalizes neuronal movement during development.

Our Twitter feeds were awash with research activity this week, including a review of autism intervention studies and resources to build better data-wrangling skills.

Two groups are working to increase representation among neuropsychology researchers, in part to improve behavioral assessments for autism.

Their plans stand to improve how autistic children from racial or ethnic minorities are evaluated.

A standard questionnaire can help identify social (pragmatic) communication disorder more readily in school-age children.

The code may help scientists identify people with the autism-linked condition and recruit them into clinical trials.