ECHOES: An intelligent serious game for fostering social communication in children with autism

Bernardini, Sara; Porayska-Pomsta, Kaśka; Smith, Tim J.

doi:10.1016/j.ins.2013.10.027

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“…This is far from the degree of autonomy needed to train children with ASD towards improved practical social skills. In [159], an ambitious design towards a virtual avatar that can autonomously respond to the participant's emotional reactions and action tendencies was presented. Unfortunately, the authors conceded that it is exceedingly difficult to model the participant accurately based on the limited information collected, including the frequency of touch (on the screen) and eye tracking.…”

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Technology-Facilitated Diagnosis and Treatment of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Engineering Perspective

Liu

Zhao

et al. 2017

Applied Sciences

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Abstract:The rapid development of computer and robotic technologies in the last decade is giving hope to perform earlier and more accurate diagnoses of the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and more effective, consistent, and cost-conscious treatment. Besides the reduced cost, the main benefit of using technology to facilitate treatment is that stimuli produced during each session of the treatment can be controlled, which not only guarantees consistency across different sessions, but also makes it possible to focus on a single phenomenon, which is difficult even for a trained professional to perform, and deliver the stimuli according to the treatment plan. In this article, we provide a comprehensive review of research on recent technology-facilitated diagnosis and treat of children and adults with ASD. Different from existing reviews on this topic, which predominantly concern clinical issues, we focus on the engineering perspective of autism studies. All technology facilitated systems used for autism studies can be modeled as human machine interactive systems where one or more participants would constitute as the human component, and a computer-based or a robotic-based system would be the machine component. Based on this model, we organize our review with the following questions: (1) What are presented to the participants in the studies and how are the content and delivery methods enabled by technologies? (2) How are the reactions/inputs collected from the participants in response to the stimuli in the studies? (3) Are the experimental procedure and programs presented to participants dynamically adjustable based on the responses from the participants, and if so, how? and (4) How are the programs assessed?

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Technology-Facilitated Diagnosis and Treatment of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Engineering Perspective

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Zhao

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Applied Sciences

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“…1). This role-play mechanism is a powerful tool for intervention on deficient social behaviors and can be used to adapt learned social skills from the game to the real-world of children with ASD (Bernardini et al 2014). …”

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An Effective Neurofeedback Intervention to Improve Social Interactions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Friedrich

Sivanathan

Lim

et al. 2015

J Autism Dev Disord

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Neurofeedback training (NFT) approaches were investigated to improve behavior, cognition and emotion regulation in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Thirteen children with ASD completed pre-/post-assessments and 16 NFT-sessions. The NFT was based on a game that encouraged social interactions and provided feedback based on imitation and emotional responsiveness. Bidirectional training of EEG mu suppression and enhancement (8-12 Hz over somatosensory cortex) was compared to the standard method of enhancing mu. Children learned to control mu rhythm with both methods and showed improvements in (1) electrophysiology: increased mu suppression, (2) emotional responsiveness: improved emotion recognition and spontaneous imitation, and (3) behavior: significantly better behavior in every-day life. Thus, these NFT paradigms improve aspects of behavior necessary for successful social interactions.

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“…Atualmente, dentre os jogos desenvolvidos especificamente para ajudar no tratamento de crianças autistas, pode-se destacar o ComFiM [Ribeiro et al 2014], o ECHOES [Bernardini et al 2014] e o ABC Autismo [Farias et al 2015], apresentados em detalhes nas seções a seguir.…”

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“…O software ECHOES apresenta ainda uma das primeiras avaliações realizadas no contexto, contando com diferentes crianças autistas [Bernardini et al 2014]. …”

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TEO: Uma suı́te de jogos interativos para apoio ao tratamento de crianças com autismo

Moura

Laertius

Silva

et al. 2016

Anais Do XXVII Simpósio Brasileiro De Informática Na Educação (SBIE 2016)

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Abstract. The Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) is defined as a set of complex disorders that affect the brain and accompany the individual throughout the life. Through the consolidation of current technologies in support of setting treatment and focus on education in the autistic universe, we propose an evaluation and a discussion of a methodology for the environment of interactive games called TEO (from portguese, Tratar, Estimular e Orientar -or Treat, Encourage and Guide). The purpose is, therefore, to aid the treatment of authism in a transdisciplinary way, articulating through interactive games the development of logical reasoning, visual perception, concentration and other general skills.Resumo. O Transtorno do Espectro Autista (TEA)é definido como um conjunto de desordens complexas que afetam o cérebro e acompanham o indivíduo por toda a vida. Com a consolidação das tecnologias atuais no cenário de suporte ao tratamento e educação com foco no universo autista, propõe-se no presente artigo uma avaliação e uma discussão acerca da metodologia para o ambiente de jogos interativos denominado TEO (Tratar, Estimular e Orientar). Objetiva-se, desta forma, fundamentar os processos que resultaram na criação de um ambiente que auxilie no tratamento do autismo de maneira transdisciplinar, articulando através de jogos interativos o fomento do raciocínio lógico, da percepção visual, da concentração e de outras habilidades de modo geral. IntroduçãoEm 1943, Leo Kanner [Kanner 1943] descreveu o Transtorno do Espectro Autistas (TEA), ou simplesmente autismo, como uma síndrome específica, caraterizada por sua precocidade, sintomatologia, evolução e pelas perturbações das relações afetivas com o meio. Dentre os muitos sintomas detectados em pacientes diagnosticados com autismos, estão:• Déficit de coerência central: Visto como dificuldade em manter a atenção em informações, atendo-se somente a detalhes específicos de gosto próprio [Joseph et al. 2009]; • Foco: Entre as diversas dificuldades de atenção identificadas em crianças autistas, incluem-se operações seletivas e manutenção dessas atividades [Quill 1997] entendidas como foco;

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ECHOES: An intelligent serious game for fostering social communication in children with autism

Cited by 231 publications

References 44 publications

Technology-Facilitated Diagnosis and Treatment of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Engineering Perspective

Technology-Facilitated Diagnosis and Treatment of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Engineering Perspective

An Effective Neurofeedback Intervention to Improve Social Interactions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

TEO: Uma suı́te de jogos interativos para apoio ao tratamento de crianças com autismo

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