A test designed to capture the dynamic back-and-forth of conversation suggests the existence of a new language area in the brain.

A different set of genes regulates brain activity in people with autism than the set involved in controls.

Two new gadgets join the gene-editing toolbox, many children with autism get smarter with age, and a survey points to a research reset for Autism Speaks.

New initiatives aim to increase brain donations for autism research and maximize what scientists can learn from these precious specimens.

Two studies back the link between autism and maternal inflammation, other work weakens worry about antidepressant use in pregnancy, and a harassment scandal rocks a university’s cognitive science department.

Eric Courchesne is known for his findings on brain size in autism. But the roots of his long career trace back to his own childhood disability.

New software charts the crests of the folds that define the brain’s surface in people with autism.

Babies who are later diagnosed with autism may show aberrant connections between some brain regions in their first year of life.

Studies of infants at risk for autism have not yielded a test to predict who will eventually be diagnosed. But they have transformed our understanding of the condition.

Music therapy proves ineffective for autism, brain structures differ with 16p11.2 duplications and deletions, and mice missing NLGN3 may influence the sociability of their littermates.