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Project

Markers of autism spectrum disorder in young children: a longitudinal eye tracking study
Code
01B01018
Duration
01 June 2018 → 31 May 2020
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Clinical and counselling psychology not elsewhere classified
    • Developmental psychology and aging not elsewhere classified
    • Other psychology and cognitive sciences not elsewhere classified
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Psychiatry and psychotherapy not elsewhere classified
    • Psychiatry and psychotherapy not elsewhere classified
    • Nursing not elsewhere classified
    • Other paramedical sciences not elsewhere classified
    • Psychiatry and psychotherapy not elsewhere classified
Keywords
Autism spectrum disorder attention social preference marker
 
Project description
 

In 2 multi-center studies, in which potential markers for autism spectrum disorder are identified and validated, eye tracking technology is used with babies and preschoolers with (risk on) autism spectrum disorder and with control groups. Eye tracking tasks include face pop-out, social scenes, gap-overlap attentional task, visual saliency and pupillary light reflex.