In this edition of Null and Noteworthy, a large clinical trial goes sideways, while memory and emotions hold up.

Autism comprises a set of difficulties, but growing evidence suggests that certain abilities also define the condition.

A test of binocular rivalry may distinguish between autism subtypes and help researchers screen the efficacy of certain drugs.

A new open-source software package makes it possible to model changes in human and animal behavior over the course of an experiment.

Sensory problems in people with fragile X syndrome may stem from hyperactive neurons, a mouse model study suggests.

An fMRI scan can reconstruct a picture from a person’s brain activity, but that image changes depending on a person’s attention.

Autism is unusually common among blind people, and children with autism are more likely to have vision problems than their typical peers. Understanding why could lead to better therapies for autism for autism.

Children with autism have trouble learning that faces convey information, which may explain their tendency to miss social cues.

One in five autistic people may have synesthesia, a crossing of the senses. Studying synesthesia in autism may deepen our understanding of both conditions.

Long known as the director of movement, the cerebellum may also coordinate social and cognitive abilities, including those central to autism.