ArticleBMC psychiatry2023
Eye-tracking correlates of response to joint attention in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder.
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- Eye Tracking as a Treatment Monitoring Tool for Autism: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Pooled it
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- Home-based eye tracking for early autism screening: a scoping review of approaches, evidence, and implementation challenges.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Towards the ecological automated measurement of joint attention: Development of an interactive eye-tracking battery for joint attention in children with and without autism.Behavior research methods · 2026Article
- Advantages of combining multiple eye-tracking paradigms for distinguishing young autistic from non-autistic children.Molecular autism · 2026Article
- Joint attention in autism: A narrative review of assessment techniques from behavioral observation to artificial intelligence.Behavior research methods · 2026Review
- Artificial Intelligence-Based Depression Detection.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Reduced Gaze-Stimulus Synchrony to a Rhythmic Children's Song in Young Children With Autism: A Recurrence Quantification Analysis Approach.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Association Between Joint Attention and Autism Traits in Young Adults: A Gaze-Contingent Eye-Tracking Study.Research in autism · 2025Article
- Visual Attention in Joint Attention Bids: A Comparison Between Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typically Developing Toddlers.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Identifying depression with mixed features: the potential value of eye-tracking features.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
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- A scoping review of physiological biomarkers in autism.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundA number of differences in joint attention behaviour between children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) individuals have previously been documented.
methodWe use eye-tracking technology to assess response to joint attention (RJA) behaviours in 77 children aged 31 to 73 months. We conducted a repeated-measures analysis of variance to identify differences between groups. In addition, we analysed correlations between eye-tracking and clinical measures using Spearman's correlation.
resultsThe children diagnosed with ASD were less likely to follow gaze compared to TD children. Children with ASD were less accurate at gaze following when only eye gaze information was available, compared to when eye gaze with head movement was observed. Higher accuracy gaze-following profiles were associated with better early cognition and more adaptive behaviours in children with ASD. Less accurate gaze-following profiles were associated with more severe ASD symptomatology.
conclusionThere are differences in RJA behaviours between ASD and TD preschool children. Several eye-tracking measures of RJA behaviours in preschool children were found to be associated with clinical measures for ASD diagnosis. This study also highlights the construct validity of using eye-tracking measures as potential biomarkers in the assessment and diagnosis of ASD in preschool children.
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