People with autism may have patterns of brain activity that are similar to those in typical people when interpreting social interactions.

To understand another person’s point of view, children with autism may need to actively suppress their own.

Young adults with autism who have intense sensitivity to taste show increased activation in social areas of the brain when they taste something sweet.

Restaurants can be stressful for my daughter Frances, who has autism, but her difficulties led me to try to better understand and treat her type of situational anxiety.

Following another person’s gaze is a task distinct from recognizing and reading faces.

Lower activity in a key face processing region of the brain hints that people with autism could benefit from training to become ‘face experts.’

A region of the brain involved in interpreting social cues is unusually smooth in boys and men with autism, but normal in girls and women with the disorder.

The expression patterns of microRNAs vary less by brain region and age in people with autism than in controls. Researchers presented the unpublished findings Tuesday at the 2014 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

After four months of a behavioral therapy known as pivotal response training, children with autism show improved behavior and enhanced activity in brain regions that process social information. Researchers presented these preliminary results from a trial yesterday at the 2014 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

People with autism tend to be less efficient than controls at integrating what they hear with what they see, according to unpublished results presented today at the 2014 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington, D.C.