US researchers have developed a new software that can help spot behavioural markers of autism in infants.
Researchers at Duke University have developed a software that tracks and records infants’ activity during videotaped autism screening tests.
Their results show that the programme is as good at spotting behavioural markers of autism as experts giving the test themselves, and better than non-expert medical clinicians and students in training.
“We’re not trying to replace the experts,” said Jordan Hashemi, a graduate student in computer and electrical engineering at Duke.
“We’re trying to transfer the knowledge of the relatively few autism experts available into classrooms and homes across the country.
