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A naturalistic, non-invasive method for capturing biometric data during autism evaluations

  • By

  • Khaleel Kamal

  • Janka Hatvani

  • Máté Pethő

  • András Sárkány

  • Imola Hamvas

  • Camille Brune

  • Allison L. Wainer

  • Emily Dillon

  • Elizabeth Berry Kravis

  • Edith Vanessa Ocampo

  • Zachary Enos Arnold

  • Iman Ghazal

  • Fatema Al-Faraj

  • Máté Csákvári

  • Kristóf Katona-Pucsek

  • Péter Kun

  • Dóra Oláh

  • Ferenc Hernáth

  • Attila Schulc

  • Anikó Mezősi

  • Alejandro Latorre

  • Fouad Al-Shaban

  • Latha Valluripalli Soorya

  • Zoltán Tősér

  • June 11, 2026

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    A machine learning tool was developed to non-intrusively analyze biometric data during autism assessments, focusing on gaze and facial expressions.

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    The study included 546 participants, with 458 meeting quality indicators for analysis, assessing diagnostic accuracy across diverse cohorts.

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    The tool achieved 77.8% sensitivity and specificity in distinguishing ASD from non-ASD participants, improving to 82.0% when comparing ASD to neurotypical individuals.

  • 4

    In a hold-out test set, the model demonstrated 62.3% sensitivity and 81.4% specificity for ASD versus non-ASD, and 72.1% sensitivity and 88.6% specificity for ASD versus NT.

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    The study highlights the potential of multimodal computational analysis to enhance autism diagnosis in diverse clinical settings, addressing current diagnostic challenges.

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A naturalistic, non-invasive method for capturing biometric data during autism evaluations

  • by Khaleel Kamal, Janka Hatvani, Máté Pethő, András Sárkány, Imola Hamvas, Camille Brune, Allison L. Wainer, Emily Dillon, Elizabeth Berry Kravis, Edith Vanessa Ocampo, Zachary Enos Arnold, Iman Ghazal, Fatema Al-Faraj, Máté Csákvári, Kristóf Katona-Pucsek, Péter Kun, Dóra Oláh, Ferenc Hernáth, Attila Schulc, Anikó Mezősi, Alejandro Latorre, Fouad Al-Shaban, Latha Valluripalli Soorya, Zoltán Tősér

  • June 11, 2026

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