Autism may be diagnosed by paying attention to "motherese" speech in toddlers.
Researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have created a new eye-tracking test to measure toddlers' level of attention to motherese in a study that was published February 8, 2023 in JAMA Network Open.
These measurements allowed the researchers to accurately pinpoint a subset of toddlers with ASD, whose low levels of motherese attention were also linked to less developed social and language skills.
The development of language skills and emotional response in youngsters is aided by motherese speech, according to studies.
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