Previous research has suggested that robot-mediated therapy is effective in the treatment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but not all robots seem equally appropriate for this purpose. We investigated in an exploratory study whether a robot’s intonation (monotonous vs. normal) and bodily appearance (mechanical vs. humanized) influence the treatment outcomes of Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) sessions for children with ASD. The children (age range 4–8 years) played puzzle games with a robot which required communication with the robot. The treatment outcomes were measured in terms of both task performance and affective states. We have found that intonation and bodily appearance have an effect on children’s affective states but not on task performance. Specifically, humanized bodily appearance leads to more positive affective states in general and a higher degree of interest in the interaction than mechanical bodily appearance. Congruence between bodily appearance and intonation triggers a higher degree of happiness in children with ASD than incongruence between these two factors.


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    Titel :

    Effects of robots’ intonation and bodily appearance on robot-mediated communicative treatment outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorder


    Beteiligte:
    van Straten, C.L.(Caroline) (Autor:in) / Smeekens, I. (Autor:in) / Barakova, E.I. (Autor:in) / Glennon, J. (Autor:in) / Buitelaar, J.K. (Autor:in) / Chen, A. (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2018-04-01


    Anmerkungen:

    van Straten , C L C , Smeekens , I , Barakova , E I , Glennon , J , Buitelaar , J K & Chen , A 2018 , ' Effects of robots’ intonation and bodily appearance on robot-mediated communicative treatment outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorder ' , Personal and Ubiquitous Computing , vol. 22 , no. 2 , pp. 379-390 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-017-1060-y



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



    Klassifikation :

    DDC:    629



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