Drawing reveals hallmarks of children with autism |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China;2. East China Normal University, China;1. Department of Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, China;2. School of Computer Science and Technology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China;1. The Institute of Image Communication and Network Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;2. Visbody Inc, Shenzhen 518000, China;1. State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China;2. China Mobile Research Institute, Beijing 100000, China |
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| Abstract: | Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as a kind of mental disorder, has become an internationally recognized serious public health problem. Paintings of autistic children have not been compared systematically to those from Typically Developed (TD) children. In this work, we construct an ASD painting database which contains 478 paintings drawn by ASD individuals and 490 drawn by the TD group. Through subjective and objective analysis, some significant hallmarks, such as structuring logic, face, repetitive structure, composition location, edge completeness, etc. are found within the ASD paintings. We further train a classifier of ASD and TD painters using those extracted features, which shows encouraging accuracy as a potential screen tool for ASD. This work sheds light on understanding the uniqueness of autistic children through their paintings. The database will be released to the public. |
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| Keywords: | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Painting Potential |
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