Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2022
Brief Report: A Novel Digital Therapeutic that Combines Applied Behavior Analysis with Gaze-Contingent Eye Tracking to Improve Emotion Recognition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of virtual reality exercise on social skills and emotional recognition among children with autism spectrum disorder: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- The Use of Digital Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder-A Meta-Analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Pooled it
- The role of artificial intelligence interventions to improve eye contact for children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of social training in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): a systematic review and transfer analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Challenges With the Use of Digital Sham: Systematic Review and Recommendations.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Eye-tracking training improves the learning and memory of children with learning difficulty.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Automated screening of autism via a pretrained vision-language model in naturalistic caregiver-child interactions.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Home-based eye tracking for early autism screening: a scoping review of approaches, evidence, and implementation challenges.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Eye Tracking for Rehabilitation and Training in Paediatric Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Can AI-driven games enhance social skills for autistic children? - A three-level meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Efficacy of gamified digital health interventions for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Review
- Information Technology-Based Intervention on the Socio-Emotional Competence of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of Intelligence · 2025Review
- Effects of Computerized Cognitive Training in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- The application of improved AFCNN model for children's psychological emotion recognition.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Current Research Landscape on the Machine Learning Application in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Bibliometric Analysis From 1999 to 2023.Current neuropharmacology · 2025Article
- Virtual environments as a novel and promising approach in (neuro)diagnosis and (neuro)therapy: a perspective on the example of autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Characteristics and Potential Challenges of Digital-Based Interventions for Children and Young People: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- A Scoping Review of Behavioral Interventions for Promoting Social Gaze in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities.Research in autism spectrum disorders · 2023Article
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10 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a video game-based digital therapeutic combining applied behavior analysis techniques and gaze-contingent eye tracking to target emotion recognition in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Children aged 4-14 years with ASD were randomized to complete Lookware™ (n = 25) or a control video game (n = 29). Results from a 2 × 2 mixed ANOVA revealed that children in the intervention condition demonstrated significant improvements in emotion recognition from pre- to post-intervention compared to children in the control condition, F(1,52) = 17.48, p < 0.001. Children and staff perceived high feasibility and acceptability of Lookware™. Study results demonstrated the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of Lookware™.
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