Eye-Tracking-Based Measurement of Social Visual Engagement Compared With Expert Clinical Diagnosis of Autism.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In the US, children with signs of autism often experience more than 1 year of delay before diagnosis and often experience longer delays if they are from racially, ethnically, or economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Most diagnoses are also received without use of standardized diagnostic instruments. To aid in early autism diagnosis, eye-tracking measurement of social visual engagement has shown potential as a performance-based biomarker.

Objective

To evaluate the performance of eye-tracking measurement of social visual engagement (index test) relative to expert clinical diagnosis in young children referred to specialty autism clinics.

Design, setting, and participants

In this study of 16- to 30-month-old children enrolled at 6 US specialty centers from Ap

SUBMITTER: Jones W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481242 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature