The approach provides an “off-the-shelf” way for researchers to compare oxytocin function across species, the team says. SourceSource: Spectrum News

The journal’s decision comes two years after Spectrum covered backlash from researchers over the study. SourceSource: Spectrum News

A renowned researcher’s eye for detail has given her a second career and a new following. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 5 June. SourceSource: Spectrum News

The finding underscores a need for adult autism diagnostic services. SourceSource: Spectrum News

The results lend support for clinical trials of arbaclofen in people with an autism-linked condition, the researchers say. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Researchers share advice about how they find connection and gain visibility via online platforms. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Researchers also share insight into navigating the academic job market and “everything you wanted to know about running a lab but were afraid to ask.” SourceSource: Spectrum News

Next-generation trackers could realize a long-standing research dream: conducting sleep studies in large numbers of autistic people. SourceSource: Spectrum News

But the alternatives, including living-brain biopsies, raise logistical and ethical questions, experts say. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Scientists on social media this week discussed a failed attempt to replicate some functional MRI results and children’s journeys to an autism diagnosis in the United Kingdom. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 29 May. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Minimally verbal autistic preschoolers gained new words and phrases in a head-to-head comparison of two interventions. SourceSource: Spectrum News

In this episode of “Synaptic,” Kasari talks about the need for inclusion in educating autistic children, what drew her into the autism research field, and growing up on the family farm. SourceSource: Spectrum News