Advantages of combining multiple eye-tracking paradigms for distinguishing young autistic from non-autistic children
Dan Xu, Lan Zhang, Xiangqin Wang, Xun Zeng, Linghong Huang, Yanan Qing, Menghan Zhou, Qin Li, Xiaojiao Yang, Weihua Zhao, Shuxia Yao, Jiao Le, Keith M Kendrick · 2026
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Dan Xu and co-authors test combined eye-tracking tasks to tell autistic from non-autistic young children in this 2026 study. Single eye-tracking tests can separate the groups, but results vary between studies. A brief, scalable marker that merges several tasks could do better. The team tested children aged two to six years. Seventy-four autistic and sixty-three non-autistic children took part. Each child watched five short tasks, lasting just over three minutes in total.
The tasks covered face emotion, gaze following, social versus shape patterns, social interaction, and spinning scenes. Many gaze-based measures were pulled from each task. The team then compared how well single tasks and combined sets separated the groups. Settings included both hospital and kindergarten rooms. Combining tasks is the central claim tested. Such a screen could support earlier referral for full assessment.
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| CREATOR | Dan Xu, Lan Zhang, Xiangqin Wang, Xun Zeng, Linghong Huang, Yanan Qing, Menghan Zhou, Qin Li, Xiaojiao Yang, Weihua Zhao, Shuxia Yao, Jiao Le, Keith M Kendrick |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |