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Training Attention and Eye Movement in ASD

NCT02403817 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2019-12-04

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Summary

Current therapies for autism target social and language behaviors, but due to the high-level nature of these skills any improvement rarely extends beyond the targeted behavior. This project uses new technology to implement a novel concept for behavioral intervention to improve basic attention and eye movement skills in ASD. Because these basic skills form the foundation for good social communication, training these abilities has the potential to improve a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms, and in young children may affect the course of development.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Training

A collection of video games that rely on various aspects of visual behavior (i.e. sustained attention, vigilance, rapid discrimination, etc) for successful play.

BEHAVIORAL

Eye Motor Training

Game play will be controlled by the player's eye movements (via an eye tracking device)

BEHAVIORAL

Hand Motor Training

Game play will be controlled by the player's hand movements (via a joystick).

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jeanne Townsend, Ph.D. · University of California, San Diego

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-30
Primary Completion
2018-08-31
Completion
2018-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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