The latest issue of Neuroscience blogging carnival Encephalon is now online over at Primate Diaries.

My two picks of the issue would be two stories on Autism: Not Exactly Rocket Science reports on an experiment that is consistent with the ever-controversial idea that autism is linked with a deficient mirroring system. Also, Medopedia explores some possible reasons why people with Asperberger’s, that is, high-functioning Autism, frequently experience sleep disorders.