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

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 ...

Shared traits connect: People with similar autistic trait levels reported stronger mutual attraction during group discussions, especially when their opinions aligned. Different brain pathways: ...

If you are neurodivergent, or parenting a neurodivergent child, it can often feel like the world doesn’t take you seriously.

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 ...

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

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 ...

As heatwaves intensify, neuroscience may help explain overlooked dimensions of heat vulnerability in autism and ...