Maybe the Eyes Have It

Published: July 31, 2007, 8:52 pm

Tags: health, science, asd, aspergers, autism, baby, children, education, eyes, family, health, parenting, pdd nos

New advances in studying the eye tracking patterns of infants may lead to a new way–yet another new way?—to diagnose autism and language delays in young children, according to the July 31st New York Times. The Times reports on research from the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute: Researchers found that babies who look at their mothers’ mouths “have stronger language abilities” by the time they are three. Also noted is research by Professor Ami Klin director of the autism program of the Yale Child Study Center; he and Warren Jones have published an online paper in Developmental Science about a 15-month-old autistic girl whose “viewing patterns showed her to be driven by the physical attributes of what she was seeing rather than the social context.” Tiny video cameras that are embedded in display screens are used to track eye movements, even while a baby’s head bobbles and turns this way and that. Charlie has long had difficulties with eye

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