This week, scientists on Twitter discussed new functions for autism-linked genes, underpinnings for restricted and repetitive behaviors, and roles for microglia.

This week, Twitter provided a discussion about autism biomarkers, a survey revealing language preferences, and a peek inside the octopus brain.

Three threads on autism-related research snared the attention of neuroscientists on Twitter this week.

This week we’re highlighting the Twitter chatter from the Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting, held in San Diego, California, last week.

This week, neuroscientists weighed in on differing brain sizes, Project Vesuvius and a Neuropixels tool.

Representation was the theme of this this week, with a deep discussion on ‘profound autism’ and info about an upcoming conference.

Recent Twitter threads explore a new approach to autism diagnosis, a mysterious genetic region and social determinants of health.

Two threads pose intriguing neuroscience questions; plus a criminal-justice policy brief.

Threads on a GoogleMap for the brain and guidance on communicating with autistic people in a health-care setting garnered gobs of comments this week.

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.