Early autism diagnosis - shaping the future with eye tracking
Prof. Dr. Karen Pierce describes her breakthrough findings enabling early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder with the help of eye tracking technology.
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Developmental psychology
Eye tracking enhances the developmental study of infants, as well as children with short attention spans and limited instruction comprehension. The technology provides insights into the behavioral and cognitive processes long before speaking begins.
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Developmental disorders
Developmental disorders
Eye tracking can aid in early screening and identification of developmental conditions, such as autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Differences in attentional processes and eye gaze patterns during social interaction can indicate developmental challenges, which can be assessed with eye tracking.
Uses cases
Discover how Tobii eye trackers are used in the study of autism.
How can children's attention to “baby talk” help diagnose autism?
In this scientific publication, learn how experts have found that children’s lack of attention to motherese can be used for early detection of ASD.
Eye tracking research for children with autism
In this brief talk Dr. Thompson shares videos and data of the exploratory and experimental investigations and discuss ways to improve the process in the future.
How Osaka University uses eye tracking to identify autism
In a research project aimed at developing an objective index to identify autism in patients, subjects were recorded with Tobii Pro eye trackers while viewing video clips.
Eye tracking research symposium: Autism across the human lifespan
An online symposium where three esteemed researchers present their work with eye tracking in the field of autism study.
Insights into autism research with eye tracking
In this panel discussion, research experts from Stanford School of Medicine, Uppsala University, and Karolinska Institute shared their experiences with the unique insights eye tracking provides in the field of autism and answered audience questions.
Language acquisition
Language acquisition
Researchers employ eye tracking to investigate the gaze patterns of infants and children when exposed to different linguistic stimuli, including spoken words or visual scenes. The technology provides valuable insights into the cognitive processes associated with language acquisition, including visual attention, word recognition, and syntax comprehension.
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Discover how Tobii eye trackers are used to study language acquisition.
Language acquisition: A dance between the child and its environment
Prof. Dr. Nivedita Mani sheds light on the complex mechanisms behind language acquisition and how eye tracking empowers research in her baby lab.
Eye tracking shows use of speech disfluencies among young children
The Rochester Baby Lab used eye tracking to test whether infants could make use of the information contained in speech disfluencies, such as "uh" and "um".
How curiosity boosts language learning in childhood
To further explore how language acquisition relates to emotional state, Dr. Vivien Outters, with her colleagues in Göttingen and Oxford University, conducted a word-learning recognition experiment with 3-year-old children.
Understanding how children learn language
New York University’s Learn Lab uses eye tracking to study the learning mechanisms underlying language acquisition in children who are typically developing as well as children on the autism spectrum.
Scientific publications
Did you know that over 12,000 scientific publications feature Tobii eye tracking technology? Discover the latest trends in eye tracking for Developmental psychology research by exploring our scientific publication library.
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Social cognition and interaction
Social cognition and interaction
Eye tracking provides a means to study the emergence and progression of social cognition and interaction skills. Through eye tracking experiments, researchers can learn about infant attention to social stimuli, face processing, and social learning abilities. It helps researchers uncover critical developmental milestones and understand typical and atypical social development.
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Discover how Tobii eye trackers are used in social cognition and interaction research studies.
Eye tracking reveals insight into infants social information processing skills
In this presentation, Dr. Sheila Krogh-Jespersen presents evidence showing the development of social competence as revealed from the combination of eye-tracking and behavioral studies.
Eye tracking explains development of infants’ abilities
Eye tracking is used in developmental psychology to explain infants' growth and transformation in cognitive, social and emotional abilities.
Three scientific studies shed new light on early learning processes
Researchers use attention computing to reveal the impact on how kids learn of: attention bias to faces, individual preferences, and social interaction.