Affect Recognition in Autism: A single case study on integrating a humanoid robot in a standard therapy

IF 0.4 Q4 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS Qwerty Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI:10.30557/qw000018

D. Conti, Grazia Trubia, S. Buono, S. di Nuovo, Alessandro Di Nuovo

引用次数: 9

Abstract

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a multifaceted developmental disorder that comprises a mixture of social impairments, with deficits in many areas including the theory of mind, imitation, and communication. Moreover, people with autism have difficulty in recognising and understanding emotional expressions. We are currently working on integrating a humanoid robot within the standard clinical treatment offered to children with ASD to support the therapists. In this article, using the A-B-A’ single case design, we propose a robot-assisted affect recognition training and to present the results on the child’s progress during the five months of clinical experimentation. In the investigation, we tested the generalization of learning and the long-term maintenance of new skills via the NEPSY-II affection recognition sub-test. The results of this single case study pilot suggest the feasibility and effectiveness of using a humanoid robot to assist with emotion recognition training in children with ASD.

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自闭症的情感识别:在标准治疗中整合人形机器人的单一案例研究

自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)是一种多方面的发育障碍，包括社会障碍的混合物，在许多领域都有缺陷，包括心理理论、模仿和沟通。此外，自闭症患者在识别和理解情绪表达方面存在困难。我们目前正致力于将一个人形机器人整合到为自闭症儿童提供的标准临床治疗中，以支持治疗师。在本文中，我们采用a - b -a的单病例设计，提出了一种机器人辅助的情感识别训练，并在五个月的临床实验中展示了儿童的进步结果。在调查中，我们通过nepsyi - ii情感识别子测试来测试学习的泛化和新技能的长期维持。这一单一案例试验研究的结果表明，使用人形机器人辅助ASD儿童情绪识别训练的可行性和有效性。

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Qwerty COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS-

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2.40

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15.40%

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