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Eye tracking shows promise for monitoring autism interventions by detecting changes after treatment. However, its ability to predict treatment response based on initial eye-tracking patterns is currently less supported by evidence.

Keywords:
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  • Developmental Psychology
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  • Growing evidence links eye-tracking attentional indices with autism symptoms.
  • Eye tracking offers potential for objective measurement in autism research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate eye tracking's utility in longitudinal autism intervention studies.
  • To assess eye tracking for treatment monitoring and predicting treatment response.

Main Methods:

  • Multivariate random-effects meta-analysis of 25 studies (828 autistic participants).
  • Analyzed changes in eye-tracking outcomes pre- to post-treatment.
  • Examined correlation between baseline eye-tracking and developmental outcome changes.

Main Results:

  • Significant moderate effect size for changes in eye-tracking outcomes post-treatment (g=0.32, p=0.010).
  • Non-significant moderate effect size for baseline eye tracking predicting developmental changes (z=0.20, p=0.115).
  • Moderation by developmental domain and sex observed.

Conclusions:

  • Eye tracking shows potential as a tool for monitoring treatment-induced changes in autistic individuals.
  • The predictive utility of eye tracking for treatment response requires further investigation.
  • Findings support eye tracking's role in intervention assessment but not yet prediction.