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SUMMARY:New directions in autism early detection\, biomarker discovery and
  understanding heterogeneity using eye tracking and brain imaging - Dr Kar
 en Pierce\, Professor\, Department of Neurosciences\, University of Califo
 rnia\, San Diego\; Co-Director\, UCSD Autism Center of Excellence
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CONTACT:Saashi Bedford
DESCRIPTION:Social attention\, which refers to the specific ability to att
 end to socially relevant information\, is a key aspect of social competenc
 y and is significantly impacted in ASD. What a toddler decides to look at\
 , listen to\, and shift between are all drivers of early brain development
 \, and foundational for early language and social skills. While difficulti
 es in attending to and reacting to the social world are consistent challen
 ges in ASD\, symptoms are heterogenous in nature and degree across individ
 uals. In this lecture\, Dr. Pierce will discuss how metrics of social atte
 ntion as indexed by eye tracking can be powerful tools to: (1) discover di
 agnostic biomarkers to lower the age of first diagnosis\; (2) characterize
  social attention phenotypes in ASD and understand biological subtypes\; (
 3) reveal prognostic markers to predict future functioning\; and (4) sugge
 st possible treatment approaches best matched to each child’s profile. G
 iven that levels of social attention as indexed by eye tracking could be c
 onsidered a proxy for social attention levels ‘in the real world’\, Dr
 . Pierce will discuss relationships between eye tracking and neural functi
 onal levels of activation in brain regions that are critical for social an
 d language development in toddlers with ASD. She will also discuss how bio
 informatic tools can be used to reveal key biological subtypes.
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85130861934?pwd=c1l1czdNSFVaUzdtRDRPSlU
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