The resignation of all the editors from two brain imaging journals caused quite a stir on social media this week, and a new 3D brain atlas turned some heads.

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 17 April.

The gene, FOXP1, influences an animal’s motivation to listen to social communication, a new study suggests.

An anonymous tipster has been sifting through the papers of Jia Liu and his team.

The editors intend to start a new nonprofit journal.

Profound autism prevalence rose from 2002 to 2016, though not nearly as much as non-profound autism did.

Researchers and clinicians were quick to point out the flaws in the study, and a flood of work refuted it.

In this edition of Null and Noteworthy, researchers upend early interventions and diagnostic boundaries.

By imaging and recording synaptic activity in living mouse embryos for the first time, new research reveals previously unknown patterns of development and hints at how those patterns are disrupted in autism.

Focusing on aspects of autistic experience that we all share may lead more quickly to our shared goal of improved outcomes for all autistic people.