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The researchers created algorithms based on Autism Eye Test that predict autism risk and severity using eye-tracking data from 201 children aged 1 to 17. All of the kids had been identified as being at risk for autism and were referred to a clinic for standard diagnostic testing; 91 of them were diagnosed with autism using standard clinical tests. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: The importance of Autism Eye Test


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The importance of Autism Eye Test
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  • Two new algorithms that monitor a child's gaze as
    she watches a movie could aid therapists in
    detecting autism. According to a recently
    conducted research, they tend to potentially
    disclose the harshness of the child's autistic
    symptoms.

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  • Clinicians sometimes find out the likelihood of
    autism by employing a caregiver questionnaire
    (the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised) along
    with a detailed clinical evaluation (the Autism
    Diagnostic Observation Schedule also known as
    ADOS). The thorough management of these tests can
    take up to three hours.

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  • Eye tracking has been proposed by some scientists
    as a way to speed up and improve the accuracy of
    autism diagnosis. People on the range are more
    likely than their nobles to focus on diverse
    aspects of an object or scene. Researchers in the
    ongoing study use this inconsistency in gaze as a
    diagnostic tool.

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  • The researchers created algorithms based on
    Autism Eye Test that predict autism risk and
    severity using eye-tracking data from 201
    children aged 1 to 17. All of the kids had been
    identified as being at risk for autism and were
    referred to a clinic for standard diagnostic
    testing 91 of them were diagnosed with autism
    using standard clinical tests.

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  • Autism Eye Test is defined by a wide assortment
    of symptoms that vary in their power from one
    person to another. This unpredictability makes it
    difficult not only to diagnose but also to plan a
    treatment strategy. As an outcome, determining
    the disorder's exact phenotype is a crucial first
    step in providing successful care in case if the
    person is having difficulty walking straight.

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  • For decades, neuroscience experts have been
    interested in eye movements and the mechanisms by
    which the brain controls and interprets what we
    choose to look at. Saccades, or quick eye
    movements that occur when our attention shifts
    from one item to another, are critical for
    navigating, understanding, and interacting with
    the world around us.These saccades are quick,
    precise, and accurate in healthy people, shifting
    the line of sight from one place of interest to
    another.These saccades are quick, precise, and
    accurate in healthy people, shifting the line of
    sight from one place of interest to another.

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  • The cerebellum, a densely packed region of
    neurons in the brain that controls these
    processes, has the potential to be relevant in
    individuals with Autism. The cerebellum, which
    was once thought to just play a function in motor
    control, is now acknowledged to be vital to
    emotion and cognition due to its links to the
    rest of the brain. A growing body of research
    suggests that the anatomy of the cerebellum is
    affected in a subset of people with ASD.
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