Scientists are finding new ways to test cognition in autistic individuals who speak little or not at all.

Autistic people who have trouble speaking or moving often do poorly on standard tests of intelligence. Newer methods promise to uncover their abilities — and improve our understanding of autism itself.

Two novel algorithms that analyze where a child looks as she views a video could help clinicians spot autism.

A new assemblage of tools precisely gauges a baby’s biological response to sights, sounds and tactile stimuli all at once.

A protein proves crucial to spatial memory in mice, genes in the 16p11.2 chromosomal region interact in fruit flies’ eye development, and having more autism features tracks with decreased responsiveness to direct gaze.

Researchers are designing video games to hone visual-attention skills in children with autism. New host Ben Kuebrich explores.

An expanding arcade of video games takes aim at easing autism traits, from poor visual attention to problems with motor skills. But how useful — and fun — are these games, really?

Part of the brain’s outer layer thins too quickly with age in boys with autism, but not in girls with the condition.

Language problems in children with autism may be partially rooted in an inability to integrate sight and sound when other people talk.

The way children view both social and nonsocial situations may be determined at least in part by their genes.