{"id":178606,"date":"2023-12-18T17:43:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T23:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/a-hidden-pattern-in-childrens-eyes-can-reveal-if-they-have-autism"},"modified":"2023-12-18T17:43:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T23:43:07","slug":"a-hidden-pattern-in-childrens-eyes-can-reveal-if-they-have-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/a-hidden-pattern-in-childrens-eyes-can-reveal-if-they-have-autism","title":{"rendered":"A Hidden Pattern in Children\u2019s Eyes Can Reveal if They Have Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-hidden-pattern-in-childrens-eyes-can-reveal-if-they-have-autism2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deep learning AI models could be used to screen for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/autism-spectrum-disorder\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\">autism<\/a> and check on the severity of the condition, according to new research \u2013 and all the AI might need is a photo of the subject\u2019s retina.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10803-013-1939-z\">Previous studies<\/a> have linked changes in retinal nerves with altered brain structures, and <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10803-022-05882-8\">from there to<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/autism-spectrum-disorder\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\">Autism Spectrum Disorder<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/autism-spectrum-disorder\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\">ASD<\/a>). The evidence suggests the eye really is a window to the brain, via the interconnectedness of the central nervous system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndividuals with ASD have structural retinal changes that potentially reflect brain alterations, including visual pathway abnormalities through embryonic and anatomic connections,\u201d researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2812964\">write<\/a> in their new paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deep learning AI models could be used to screen for autism and check on the severity of the condition, according to new research \u2013 and all the AI might need is a photo of the subject\u2019s retina. Previous studies have linked changes in retinal nerves with altered brain structures, and from there to Autism Spectrum [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}