A new database displays gene-expression patterns in individual cells of the developing mouse cerebellum over time.

Robots may one day help therapists analyze behaviors and devise personalized sessions for autistic children.

A software tool finds possible functions for long RNA molecules that aren’t transcribed into proteins.

A monkey-sized jacket embedded with motion sensors — similar to technology used to animate creatures in movies — is helping researchers develop the common marmoset as a model for studying human social behavior.

A new technique transforms the previous broad-brush picture of a brain region into a pointillist masterpiece of neuronal subpopulations associated with specific activities.

An inexpensive, noninvasive method can track social brain development in infants in low-resource countries.

Tracking how roundworms crawl has enabled scientists to determine that many autism genes are involved in sensory processing and learning.

New open-source software helps scientists pinpoint where electrical signals are produced in the brain.

Researchers and autistic artists exploring virtual reality to study, treat and simulate autism traits.

Two new methods for building ‘mini-brains’ may help researchers study how early brain development differs in people with autism.