{"id":69031,"date":"2023-09-13T19:55:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=69031"},"modified":"2023-09-13T19:55:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:55:41","slug":"optical-illusion-could-identify-people-with-autistic-traits-within-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/optical-illusion-could-identify-people-with-autistic-traits-within-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"Optical illusion could identify ‘people with autistic traits’ within seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"
Optical illusions can determine quite a lot of things about you. <\/p>\n
It could test your intelligence and eyesight, as well as your IQ score.<\/p>\n
Now a new brainteaser can apparently identify people with autistic traits in just a few seconds.<\/p>\n
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Diagnosing someone with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) requires a lot of tests and visits to doctors.<\/p>\n
The path to be diagnosed with autism comes under two stages: screening and a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation.<\/p>\n
A screening process will also determine if more evaluation is needed, while it could rule out any other conditions.<\/p>\n
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However people can now potentially get their answers from a simple optical illusion.<\/p>\n
In a 2018 study in the journal eLife, it found the changes in a patient's pupils as they looked at the brainteaser.<\/p>\n
It shows a three-dimensional cylinder spinning which correlates with the probability of them displaying autistic traits.<\/p>\n
While the illusion can't make a full-on diagnosis, it could feed into evaluations for those undergoing a screening.<\/p>\n
So how does it work?<\/p>\n
The brainteaser looks at how pupils change size depending on whether a person is looking at light or dark images.<\/p>\n
It can attract someone's attention by giving those in the study an idea on what part of the screen the person is focusing on.<\/p>\n
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The optical illusion used involved a GIF consisting of white dots moving in one direction, with a sheet of black dots moving in the other side.<\/p>\n
For many people, this gives the illusion of a three-dimensional rotating cylinder \u2013 but how it's seen differs from person to person.<\/p>\n
Those who tend to be more focused on that extra detail look at just one colour at a time, flicking between the black and white on the illusion.<\/p>\n
Before participants were shown the optical illusion, they were asked to complete a questionnaire.<\/p>\n
Those who scored higher on the test were more likely to display autistic traits, then the group were asked to look at the illusion, when their pupil responses were measured.<\/p>\n
The results found those whose pupils oscillated when they watched the optical illusion would often score higher on the questionnaire.<\/p>\n
And candidates involved with the study believe that autistic people or those who display autistic traits tend to be more focused on the individual details.<\/p>\n
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