NCT07377227Not yet recruiting
Social COgnition Screening
Evaluation of Social Cognition: A New Screening Approach for Autism
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Social cognition refers to the mental processes involved in social interactions, including social perception, motivation, communication, emotion recognition, and theory of mind. Face perception plays a key role in children's social development, but children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) tend to look less at social stimuli, especially faces, than typically developing (TD) peers. Eye-tracking studies highlight these visual exploration differences, linked to difficulties in joint attention, emotion recognition, and theory of mind, as well as in executive and memory functions. Standard diagnostic tests often require active participation and sufficient language, which makes assessment challenging for children with ASD and additional cognitive or language impairments. This research project investigates how visual activity supports social cognition depending on cognitive and language levels, hypothesizing that eye-tracking can provide useful indicators for ASD screening and diagnosis.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 128 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 17 Nov 2025
- Start date
- Feb 2026
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT07377227
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 128
- From Feb 2026 to the primary completion date, Dec 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Age
- For DT: Intellectual disability, neurological or genetic disorders, autistic traits reported by teachers. The discrepancy between actual age and abilities calculated on the basis of standardised test scores
Other
- For ASD: Uncorrected visual or auditory impairments.
Who the study is looking for
- ASD Group:
- Boys or girls diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (based on clinical tools and observations)
- Aged between 4 and 10 years old
- Affiliation with a social security scheme
- Informed consent of those with parental authority
- DT Group:
- Boys or girls
- Aged between 4 and 10
- Attending school in the Hauts-de-France region
- Affiliation with a social security scheme
- Consent of those with parental authority
Age in the registry: 4 years to 10 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amiens hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Amiens | France | Unknown status |
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