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This study presents a tablet-based bubble-popping game designed to assess visual-motor skills in autistic children. 233 children (147 neurotypical, 86 autistic, 32 autistic+ADHD) aged 1.5-10 years participated. Computer vision analysis extracted touch features, revealing that younger autistic children exhibited lower bubble popping rates, less accurate center touches, longer finger lingering, and more variable performance than neurotypical peers. In older children, co-occurring ADHD correlated with greater motor impairment. Several motor features correlated with standardized assessments of fine motor and cognitive abilities. The game shows potential as an efficient, scalable tool for assessing visual-motor skills in children, aiding early autism screening.
Publisher
npj Digital Medicine
Published On
Feb 03, 2023
Authors
Sam Perochon, J. Matias Di Martino, Kimberly L. H. Carpenter, Scott Compton, Naomi Davis, Steven Espinosa, Lauren Franz, Amber D. Rieder, Connor Sullivan, Guillermo Sapiro, Geraldine Dawson
Tags
autistic children
visual-motor skills
bubble-popping game
fine motor abilities
ADHD correlation
early autism screening

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