People with similar levels of autistic traits show greater social attraction to one another, and their brains synchronize in ...

Scientists are uncovering a surprising connection between autism and ADHD that goes deeper than labels. Instead of diagnoses, it’s the severity of autism-like traits that seems to shape how the brain ...

Language can prove a bugaboo for children with autism. Now new research finds that it’s possible to use toddlers’ brain responses to words to predict their linguistic and cognitive skills down the ...

A new survey reveals a striking disconnect in how Americans think about autism research. While nearly everyone agrees that studying the autistic brain is essential, most people are unaware that brain ...

If you are neurodivergent, or parenting a neurodivergent child, it can often feel like the world doesn’t take you seriously. The challenges might be huge, but they’re largely invisible and often ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental condition, is often associated with difficulties in social communication and repetitive behavior. Previous research reveals that people with ASD ...

A human voice has no special ring to the autistic brain because areas related to reward and emotional context are not well wired to its center of voice recognition, a Stanford University study has ...

For children with autism spectrum disorder and with an intellectual disability, the options for improving communication and social skills are limited.

A new study has brought scientists one step further in the direction of developing a cure for a brutal group of rare brain disorders known as SYNGAP1-related disorders, or SRDs. Researchers were able ...

Chinese researchers report that a five‑day course of magnetic brain stimulation slightly boosted social communication in ...