Evaluation of Social Cognition: A New Screening Approach for Autism
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 128
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- differences in visual exploration patterns between both groups
研究概览
简要总结
Social cognition refers to the mental processes involved in social interactions, including social perception, motivation, communication, emotion recognition, and theory of mind. Face perception plays a key role in children's social development, but children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) tend to look less at social stimuli, especially faces, than typically developing (TD) peers. Eye-tracking studies highlight these visual exploration differences, linked to difficulties in joint attention, emotion recognition, and theory of mind, as well as in executive and memory functions. Standard diagnostic tests often require active participation and sufficient language, which makes assessment challenging for children with ASD and additional cognitive or language impairments.
This research project investigates how visual activity supports social cognition depending on cognitive and language levels, hypothesizing that eye-tracking can provide useful indicators for ASD screening and diagnosis.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 4 Years 至 10 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •ASD Group:
- •Boys or girls diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (based on clinical tools and observations)
- •Aged between 4 and 10 years old
- •Affiliation with a social security scheme
- •Informed consent of those with parental authority
- •DT Group:
- •Boys or girls
- •Aged between 4 and 10
- •Attending school in the Hauts-de-France region
- •Affiliation with a social security scheme
- •Consent of those with parental authority
排除标准
- •For ASD: Uncorrected visual or auditory impairments.
- •For DT: Intellectual disability, neurological or genetic disorders, autistic traits reported by teachers. The discrepancy between actual age and abilities calculated on the basis of standardised test scores
研究组 & 干预措施
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder
干预措施: eye-tracking (Other)
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder
干预措施: cognitive assessments (Other)
typically developing peers
typically developing (TD) peers
干预措施: eye-tracking (Other)
typically developing peers
typically developing (TD) peers
干预措施: cognitive assessments (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
differences in visual exploration patterns between both groups
时间窗: 2 years
Differences in visual exploration patterns between both groups Visual exploration patterns are determined with TOM Test Battery, PPVT-5, Raven's 2 and FEE tests
Classification performance of machine learning algorithms in distinguishing ASD from TD
时间窗: 2 years
Classification performance of machine learning algorithms in distinguishing ASD from TD
次要结局
- Correlations between eye-tracking measures and cognitive scores(2 years)
- Developmental trajectory analysis in TD children(2 years)
- Identification of cognitive subgroups within ASD group(2 years)