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/weekendatbe Jan 30 '25

70% and 80% accuracy isn’t great. Especially when you need motion tracking equipment and software etc. There are kids who are just bad at motor stuff so giving them this dx or even sending them off for further screening when nothing else seems amiss seems not incredibly efficient. Also, 7-13 year olds.. by this age 95% of teachers/parents/early educators would have already flagged for asd evaluation if a child seems to have any impairments

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u/Lost_Pilot7984 Jan 30 '25

The reddit expert has arrived to disprove the real scientists

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u/soThatIsHisName Jan 30 '25

The "real" scientists made an test for autism based on the Cupid Shuffle. Maybe this is the thread to cut each other some slack. 

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u/Lost_Pilot7984 Jan 30 '25

No, they didn't. You just don't understand the test.

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u/soThatIsHisName Jan 30 '25

I got my eyes on my phone right now buddy, you have the chance to enlighten me

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u/Lost_Pilot7984 Jan 30 '25

I'm not here to teach reading comprehension to people dumber than me. You have the same study in front of you as I do.

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u/lesath_lestrange Jan 30 '25

dumber than I*