Human–Robot Interaction in Autism Treatment: A Case Study on Three Pairs of Autistic Children as Twins, Siblings, and Classmates

Taheri, Alireza; Meghdari, Ali; Alemi, Minoo; Pouretemad, Hamidreza

doi:10.1007/s12369-017-0433-8

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“…Following this line of reasoning, several authors focused on training or assessing the joint attention skills of children diagnosed with ASD with the use of interactive sessions with a robot (Anzalone et al, 2014;Anzalone et al, 2019;Bekele, Crittendon, Swanson, Sarkar, & Warren, 2014;Boccanfuso et al, 2017;Chevalier et al, 2017;David, Costescu, Matu, Szentagotai, & Dobrean, 2018;Duquette, Michaud, & Mercier, 2008;Kajopoulos et al, 2015;Michaud et al, 2007;Simut, Vanderfaeillie, Peca, Van de Perre, & Vanderborght, 2016;Taheri, Meghdari, Alemi, & Pouretemad, 2018;Warren et al, 2015;Zheng et al, 2013;Zheng et al, 2018), often through a spatial attention-cueing paradigm: The child is prompted by the robot to look in a given direction in which a visual target is displayed (see Fig. 2).…”

Section: Application Of Joint Attention Studies In Human-robot Interamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…summary, although several researchers attempted a robot-assisted training of joint attention for children with ASD, the results remain mixed. In addition to studies focusing only on joint attention in children diagnosed with ASD, other studies investigated robot-based set of games designed to train social skills, including, but not limited to, joint attention (Boccanfuso et al, 2017;Taheri et al, 2018). Boccanfuso et al developed a low-cost robot, CHARLIE, to play a set of games designed to engage the children in imitation, joint attention, and social tasks.…”

Section: Robot-assisted Training Of Joint Attention In Children Diagnmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Examining joint attention with the use of humanoid robots-A new approach to study fundamental mechanisms of social cognition

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This article reviews methods to investigate joint attention and highlights the benefits of new methodological approaches that make use of the most recent technological developments, such as humanoid robots for studying social cognition. After reviewing classical approaches that address joint attention mechanisms with the use of controlled screen-based stimuli, we describe recent accounts that have proposed the need for more natural and interactive experimental protocols. Although the recent approaches allow for more ecological validity, they often face the challenges of experimental control in more natural social interaction protocols. In this context, we propose that the use of humanoid robots in interactive protocols is a particularly promising avenue for targeting the mechanisms of joint attention. Using humanoid robots to interact with humans in naturalistic experimental setups has the advantage of both excellent experimental control and ecological validity. In clinical applications, it offers new techniques for both diagnosis and therapy, especially for children with autism spectrum disorder. The review concludes with indications for future research, in the domains of healthcare applications and human-robot interaction in general.

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Section: Robot-assisted Training Of Joint Attention In Children Diagnmentioning

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“…Kajopoulos et al, 2015); B. Setup using the robot Nao (redrawn from Chevalier, 2016) Following this line of reasoning, several authors focused on training or assessing the joint attention skills of children diagnosed with ASD with the use of interactive sessions with a robot (Anzalone et al, 2014(Anzalone et al, , 2018Bekele, Crittendon, Swanson, Sarkar, & Warren, 2014;Boccanfuso et al, 2017;Chevalier et al, 2016;David, Costescu, Matu, Szentagotai, & Dobrean, 2018;Duquette, Michaud, & Mercier, 2008;Kajopoulos et al, 2015;Michaud et al, 2007;Simut, Vanderfaeillie, Peca, Van de Perre, & Vanderborght, 2016;Taheri, Meghdari, Alemi, & Pouretemad, 2018;Warren et al, 2013;Zheng et al, 2013Zheng et al, , 2018, often through a spatial attention cueing paradigm: the child is prompted by the robot to look in a given direction where a visual target is displayed (see Figure 2). The robots can use increasing degrees of bids for joint attention,…”

Section: Application Of Joint Attention Studies In Human-robot Interamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition to studies focusing only on joint attention in children diagnosed with ASD, other studies investigated robot-based set of games designed to train social skills, including, but not limited to, joint attention (Boccanfuso et al, 2017;Taheri et al, 2018). Boccanfuso et al,…”

Section: Robot-assisted Training Of Joint Attention In Children Diagnmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining joint attention with the use of humanoid robots – a new approach to study fundamental mechanisms of social cognition

Chevalier¹,

Kompatsiari²,

Ciardo³

et al. 2019

Preprint

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This paper reviews methods to investigate joint attention, and highlights the benefits of new methodological approaches that make use of most recent technological developments such as humanoid robots for studying social cognition. After reviewing classical approaches addressing joint attention mechanisms with the use of controlled screen-based stimuli, we describe recent accounts that propose the need for more natural and interactive experimental protocols. Although the recent approaches allow for more ecological validity, they often face the challenges of experimental control in more natural social interaction protocols. In this context, we propose that the use of humanoid robots in interactive protocols is a particularly promising avenue to target the mechanisms of joint attention. Using humanoid robots to interact with humans in naturalistic experimental setups has the advantage of both excellent experimental control and ecological validity. In clinical applications, it offers new techniques for diagnosis and therapy, especially for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The review concludes with indications for future research, in the domain of healthcare applications and human-robot interaction in general.

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“…Use of humanoid robot had a significant influence on communication, social behavior and joint attention of autistic patients [22], [23] but did not influence any collaborative behavior among patients [10]; However, playing with human adult enhanced collaboration among patients [24].…”

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Humanoid Robot-Application and Influence

Choudhury¹,

Li²,

Greene³

et al. 2018

Arch Clin Biomed Res

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Application of humanoid robots has been common in the field of healthcare and education. It has been recurrently used to improve social behavior and mollify distress level among children with autism, cancer and cerebral palsy. This article discusses the same from a human factors' perspective. It shows how people of different age and gender have a different opinion towards the application and acceptance of humanoid robots. Additionally, this article highlights the influence of cerebral condition and social interaction on a user's behavior and attitude towards humanoid robots. Our study performed a literature review and found that: (a) children and elderly individuals prefer humanoid robots due to inactive social interaction;(b) The deterministic behavior of humanoid robots can be acknowledged to improve social behavior of autistic children; (c) Trust on humanoid robots is highly driven by its application and a user's age, gender, and social life.

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Human–Robot Interaction in Autism Treatment: A Case Study on Three Pairs of Autistic Children as Twins, Siblings, and Classmates

Cited by 75 publications

References 41 publications

Examining joint attention with the use of humanoid robots-A new approach to study fundamental mechanisms of social cognition

Examining joint attention with the use of humanoid robots-A new approach to study fundamental mechanisms of social cognition

Examining joint attention with the use of humanoid robots – a new approach to study fundamental mechanisms of social cognition

Humanoid Robot-Application and Influence

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