A new study identifies PTCHD1-AS as a key non-coding gene that shapes social and repetitive behaviors in autism without affecting cognition.

Researchers have identified tiny genetic “switches” that appear to play a surprisingly large role in human language ability.

A new study has developed a powerful computational method that can detect how genes interact with each other to influence complex traits in humans at a scale previously impossible. The new method was ...

DNA methylation plays an important role in separating us genetically from our closest relatives.

Understanding genetics can help explain differences in disease susceptibility across populations, informing medical research ...

There is a quiet intelligence embedded in your DNA, shaping everyday experiences in ways most people rarely stop to consider.

Human Connectome Project (HCP) map of white matter tracts connecting various brain regions. Source: Courtesy of the Human Connectome Project In November 2013, I wrote a Psychology Today blog post ...

Genetic research does not always produce tidy answers. Sometimes it reveals traces that raise more questions than they settle. In recent years, scientists studying human DNA identified genetic signals ...