The papers were flagged by a method that has now been called into question.

This week on social media, scientists discussed a new tool to quantify motion in 3D and responded to the announcement of the launch of Imaging Neuroscience.

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 15 May.

Few studies have tracked how brain structure and function change across adulthood in people with autism. Carper and her colleagues are collecting data to fill this gap.

Experiments offer clues to why certain mutations are associated with autism in some people and not others.

New data from clinical trials of arbaclofen and oxytocin underscore the murkiness of null results. Plus, researchers seek clarity on the neurodevelopmental effects of oxytocin during childbirth.

Autistic toddlers who receive a personalized intervention at about 18 months of age gain more abilities than those who start the therapy nine months later.

The new resource aims to aid reproducibility in imaging research.

Several studies caught researchers’ attention on social media this week, including one that compared gene expression in living versus postmortem samples of the human brain.

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 8 May.