Developmental researchProtocol review

Autism social attention eye tracking and movement research

Support respectful developmental research by measuring observable social-attention task behavior without presenting video measures as diagnosis.

Clinical researchLongitudinal studiesRemote or lab captureDevelopmental studies
Child and researcher completing a non-identifying social attention task with gaze and gesture measurement.
Study measures

What the camera can measure

These outputs are designed for study comparison, rater review, and statistical analysis. They are not diagnostic claims.

Gaze orientation event

head/face orientation toward person or target object

Gesture response timing

hand/arm movement after prompt or social cue

Shared-target interval

participant and partner orientation to the same object

Review confidence

occlusion, face visibility, and rater flagging

Study setup

Build the task around your protocol

ConductVision works best when the task, camera setup, annotations, and export fields are defined before the first participant visit.

Task presets

  • joint attention prompt
  • gaze orientation
  • gesture response
  • turn-taking task
  • play-based interaction

Researcher annotations

  • task prompt
  • caregiver role
  • target object
  • rater confidence
  • review flags

Export fields

  • orientation events
  • gesture timing
  • target looks
  • interaction segments
  • review notes

Camera setup

Wide, privacy-conscious view of participant, researcher or caregiver, and target objects.

Outcome table

Metrics, video signals, and comparators

Metric
Gaze orientation event
Video signal
head/face orientation toward person or target object
Interpretation
observable attention shift during task
Comparator
joint-attention coding scheme
Gesture response timing
Video signal
hand/arm movement after prompt or social cue
Interpretation
timing of observable response
Comparator
behavioral coding
Shared-target interval
Video signal
participant and partner orientation to the same object
Interpretation
task-level social attention episode
Comparator
rater-coded joint attention
Review confidence
Video signal
occlusion, face visibility, and rater flagging
Interpretation
whether the event should be included in analysis
Comparator
human coding reliability

What is established

Social attention, gaze orientation, and joint attention tasks are studied in developmental and autism research.

What ConductVision quantifies

ConductVision measures observable orientation, timing, and interaction events that researchers can review and code.

What still needs validation

Diagnostic interpretation, screening claims, and developmental classification are outside the measurement output and require qualified clinical assessment.

Data export

Reviewable data for analysis teams

Exports are built for study notebooks, statistical analysis, and rater review. The video remains available for audit when the protocol allows it.

CSV task summary by participant, visit, and session
Frame-level landmark coordinates with confidence values
Event timestamps for starts, stops, repetitions, pauses, and task phases
JSON review files for overlays, researcher notes, and audit history
Evidence

Scientific context for the task family

These links point to the measurement areas researchers commonly use when validating a protocol.

Research-use measurement note

ConductVision outputs are research-use measurements unless a customer has completed their own clinical validation, regulatory review, and intended-use controls. The study team remains responsible for consent, privacy, camera calibration, rater review, and clinical interpretation.

Talk to a human movement specialist

Bring autism and social attention into a real study protocol

Share the task, participant population, camera constraints, and outcomes you need to compare. We will help map what can be measured and what needs validation.