Connections between the cerebellum and brain networks do not seem to contribute substantially to the emergence of autism traits.

A new method automatically reconstructs the 3D branching shapes of neurons from images.

Babies with telltale patterns of electrical activity in the brain have pronounced autism traits as toddlers.

Autistic girls’ brains respond more strongly to social stimuli than do autistic boys’.

Areas of the brain involved in processing vision are more weakly connected to those that process sensory information in autistic children than in controls.

A new technique lets researchers watch brain circuits as they’re being built, starting from the individual neurons birth.

A new mobile app enhances scientific images by displaying augmented-reality renderings of the complete data over printed figures.

Playing games designed to hone the ability to intuit others’ thoughts and feelings increases activity in regions of the social brain.

Brain organoids made from typical human stem cells begin to show synchronized neuronal firing patterns after growing in a dish for at least four months.

A browser-based platform simulates functional neuronal circuits in the brain regions of several species.