The same genetic factors may underlie both autism and autistic people’s tendency to have sleep problems, such as insomnia.

The double empathy theory challenges the idea that social difficulties are specific to autism and suggests that problems arise from a mismatch in perspective between autistic and non-autistic people.

A mutation in the autism-linked gene SHANK3 changes how neurons encode information about social agency in mice.

How autistic people look at a face may be linked more to alexithymia, a condition marked by difficulties recognizing one’s own emotions, than to autism.

After a study revised a popular measure for alexithymia, it was pulled for copyright infringement because the authors did not pay a $40 fee or obtain permission to use the measure.

The high levels of serotonin seen in the blood of some autistic people have confounded scientists for more than half a century. Despite so little progress, some researchers refuse to give up.

An animated mouse reenacts common behavioral experiments and can be used to train algorithms that automatically track lab animals’ movements.