This simple optical illusion could help diagnose autism in seconds
Autism has always been a difficult field of study, and probably this simple method could help find out some of the very intriguing answers.
Along the lines of the famous "hollow mask" illusion, which has been used as a way to test schizophrenia, researchers have come up with a new test that might help diagnose autism through an optical illusion. Unlike the "hollow mask" test where the viewer perceives a concave face as a convex face, the new study has found out that the changes in the size of a person's pupil as he/she observes a three-dimensional spinning cylinder could relate to the probability of displaying autistic traits. In the study published by the journal eLife, it has been stated that if a person's pupils dilate while watching the optical illusion of the three-dimensional cylinder, there are high chances of the person having autism spectrum disorder (ASD).