r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jan 30 '25

Neuroscience A low-cost tool accurately distinguishes neurotypical children from children with autism just by watching them copy the dance moves of an on-screen avatar for a minute. It can even tell autism from ADHD, conditions that commonly overlap.

https://newatlas.com/adhd-autism/autism-motion-detection-diagnosis/
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u/K3u21 Jan 30 '25

New terms to me: Would that mean better imitation puts them in the ADHD and ASD diagnosis, or would worse imitation be the diagnosis?

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u/hashford Jan 30 '25

The article explains.

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u/Ok-Cook-7542 Jan 30 '25

no it doesnt though. i read it thrice and it never answers that question.

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u/oorza Jan 30 '25

It does though, it just doesn't draw the conclusion out for you. If you read the article three times and missed that, you might have a deeper issue with reading comprehension or "critical reading" skills that you can train yourself out of.