Ben-Gurion University receives grant for smart autism centers from Merage Foundation

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Dinstein and his team have developed a variety of software tools to automatically analyze these recordings and extract the children's facial expressions, eye and body movements, and their vocalizations/speech. For example, children with autism tend to produce fewer facial expressions, exhibit repetitive body movements (e.g., hand flapping), focus on atypical objects, and speak in unusual ways (e.g., using inappropriate volume and intonati...