Assessing social ability in adults with autism requires controlled tests involving real-time social interactions. Virtual reality makes this possible.

The reasons some people with autism don’t make eye contact may differ between childhood and adulthood.

Watch the complete replay of Geoff Bird’s webinar on the similarities and differences between autism and alexithymia.

Donald Trump seems to see science through the lens of conspiracy, Brexit may spur an exodus of scientific talent from the United Kingdom, and preterm babies show atypical brain activity before birth.

Adult monkeys that spend most of their time alone struggled as infants to recognize faces.

People with autism show atypical patterns of gaze even when they are explicitly asked to look at another person’s eyes.

The notion that people with autism lack empathy and cannot recognize other people’s feelings is wrong.

Watch the complete replay of Rebecca Saxe discussing methods for analyzing brain activity during social interactions, and their application in autism research.

Childhood disintegrative disorder, a rare and severe condition, rapidly melts away a child’s abilities. A new theory proposes that this little-known condition turns back the developmental clock.

On Cayo Santiago island, scientists track the alliances and power struggles of a colony of feral monkeys — collecting data to generate new insights into the social challenges that people with autism face.