Conducting head-mounted eye-tracking research with young children with autism and children with increased likelihood of later autism diagnosis

ConclusionsResearch capitalizing on this methodology has the potential to reveal early, socially-mediated gaze behaviors that are relevant for autism screening, diagnosis, and intervention purposes. We hope that our efforts in documenting our study methodology will help researchers and clinicians effectively study early naturally-occuring gaze behaviors of children during non-experimental contexts across the spectrum and other developmental disabilities using head-mounted eye-tracking. Ultimately, such applications may increase the generalizability of results, better reflect the diversity of individual characteristics, and offer new ways in which this method can contribute to the field.
Source: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders - Category: Neurology Source Type: research