Autistic people tend to have trouble shifting their gaze to take in all the details of a scene.

Francis X. Shen, a researcher at the intersection of neuroscience and the law, says scientists must include information about study participants’ income, education and race in their findings.

Nearly half of autistic children may show substantial changes in the severity of their autism traits from ages 3 to 6, according to a new study.

Infants with low levels of the hormone vasopressin in their cerebrospinal fluid may be more likely to later be diagnosed with autism.

In younger siblings of children with autism, insecure attachments to their caregivers increases the odds of being diagnosed with autism.

A new technique allows researchers to analyze raw data across multiple studies that use electroencephalography.

A class of medications used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder seems to ease compulsive behaviors in adults with autism. Why can’t we tell if these medications work similarly in children with the condition?

A new analysis hints at the source of the rampant inconsistency among brain imaging studies in autism: significant differences among study sites.

Understanding how gaze differs in autistic people may help improve their lives.

Researchers have identified a distinctive pattern of gene expression in the white blood cells of young autistic boys.