arXiv Machine Learning

Analysis of Ethnic Disparities in Autism Spectrum Disorder among Toddlers

arXiv:2606. 01217v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by challenges in communication and behavior.

arXiv AI
Aug 20

A systematic review of machine learning techniques to address diagnosis and treatment of autism: challenges and opportunities

The article reviews 55 machine‑learning studies on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) published between 2017 and 2023, focusing on how ML can aid early diagnosis and treatment. It finds that supervised learning dominates current research, while deep learning is gaining traction as data volumes grow. The review highlights the need for models that fuse complex data—such as genetic, clinical, wearable, and biometric sources—to improve diagnostic accuracy and enable continuous, non‑intrusive monitoring.

By Rafael Mu\~noz-Terol, Jes\'us Peral, Sandra Amador, David Gil
arXiv AI
Aug 26

Screening Autism Spectrum Disorder in children using Deep Learning Approach : Evaluating the classification model of YOLOv26s by comparing with other models

arXiv:2306.14300v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental condition that presents significant challenges in social interac- tion, communication, and...

By Subash Gautam, Sagar Pathak, Prabin Sharma, Bidhya Shrestha, Kisan Thapa, Shubham Joshi, Mala Deep Upadhaya, Dikshya Thapa, Chandiprasad Chintalapati, Sagar Duwal, Angela Upreti, Salik Ram Khanal
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 15

3D Gait-Based Autism Classification Using Attention-Enhanced Deep Learning with Cross-Fold Statistical Stability Analysis

arXiv:2609.14159v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition whose early diagnosis remains challenging because conventional clinical assessments...

By Md Nadim Mahamood, Md Arif Shahriar, Md Parvej Sikder, Md Rasul Islam, Md Shafi Ud Doula, Md Ashraful Alam, Kamrul Hasan
arXiv Computation and Language
Sep 10

False positive bias in AI-powered speech-based cognitive screening for multilingual English speakers in the UK

arXiv:2602.13047v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Conversational speech reveals early signs of cognitive decline, including dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). AI models show promise for...

By Madhurananda Pahar, Caitlin Illingworth, Dorota Braun, Bahman Mirheidari, Lise Sproson, Daniel Blackburn, Heidi Christensen
arXiv AI
Sep 28

UniAR: A Unified Framework for Autism Recognition Enhanced by Multi-View Prompt Learning

UniAR is a unified framework that improves autism spectrum disorder (ASD) recognition by using multi-granularity prompt learning and a large multimodal model to generate diagnostic descriptions at word, phrase, and sentence levels. It aligns these semantic representations with visual evidence through a Mixture-of-Experts-based Multi-Scale Alignment Module, enabling robust ASD detection across heterogeneous data types. Experiments on four brain MRI and facial expression benchmarks show that UniAR outperforms state‑of‑the‑art methods, achieving 75.9% accuracy on MRI and 91.6% on facial benchmarks, with gains of 1.5 and 1.2 percentage points respectively.

By Lei Xin, Zeheng Wang, Jiayin Zhu, Shihong Huang, Fanhu Zeng, Changjiang Jiang, Dengbo He, Yutao Yue, Zhenglun Kong
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 28

Disentangling Acoustic Cues in Alzheimer's Pathology and Perception: The Roles of Language and Gender

arXiv:2607. 23977v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Acoustic biomarkers show promise for detecting Alzheimer's Disease (AD), yet whether the cues driving diagnostic AI align with those salient to human listeners is underexplored across languages and genders, where pathological markers and perceptual strategies differ.

By Liu He, Yuanchao Li, Yin-Long Liu, Rui Feng, Yiming Wang, Jiaxin Chen, Yizhe Wang, Jiahong Yuan
arXiv Computation and Language
Oct 9

Measuring Cultural Alignment Beyond the Average: A Framework for Evaluating Maternal-Health LLM Interactions in Indian Contexts

The paper introduces MH‑INDIC, a framework that evaluates maternal‑health language model interactions in North Indian urban and semi‑urban settings by measuring cultural alignment across ten dimensions of reasoning. Using a survey of 102 pregnant and postpartum women, the authors assess ten LLMs, finding that while models approximate overall population‑level cultural patterns, they lack the demographic and household‑specific variation seen in humans. The study also demonstrates that human‑grounded conditioning improves both profile alignment and dialogue quality in generated interactions.

By Umaira Izhar, Gunjan Arora, Pushpendra Singh