Virtual reality technology as an educational and intervention tool for children with autism spectrum disorder: current perspectives and future directions

M Zhang, H Ding, M Naumceska, Y Zhang - Behavioral Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The worldwide rising trend of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) calls for innovative and
efficacious techniques for assessment and treatment. Virtual reality (VR) technology gains …

Agency of autistic children in technology research—A critical literature review

K Spiel, C Frauenberger, O Keyes… - ACM Transactions on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Autistic children are increasingly a focus of technology research within the Human-
Computer Interaction (HCI) community. We provide a critical review of the purposes of these …

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

S Bernardini, K Porayska-Pomsta, TJ Smith - Information Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents ECHOES, a serious game built to help young children with autism
spectrum conditions practice social communication skills. We focus on the design and …

The purpose of play: How HCI games research fails neurodivergent populations

K Spiel, K Gerling - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Play presents a popular pastime for all humans, though not all humans play alike.
Subsequently, Human–Computer Interaction Games research is increasingly concerned …

AI in Education needs interpretable machine learning: Lessons from Open Learner Modelling

C Conati, K Porayska-Pomsta, M Mavrikis - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
Interpretability of the underlying AI representations is a key raison d'\^{e} tre for Open
Learner Modelling (OLM)--a branch of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) research. OLMs …

A review of serious games for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

HM Zakari, M Ma, D Simmons - … , SGDA 2014, Berlin, Germany, October 9 …, 2014 - Springer
This paper reviews 40 serious games designed for children with autism spectrum disorders
(ASD) and these games/studies are classified into four categories; technology platform …

Long‐term LEGO therapy with humanoid robot for children with ASD

EI Barakova, P Bajracharya, M Willemsen… - Expert …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
To utilise the knowledge gained from highly specialised domains as autism therapy to robot‐
based interactive training platforms, an innovative design approach is needed. We present …

Blending human and artificial intelligence to support autistic children's social communication skills

K Porayska-Pomsta, AM Alcorn, K Avramides… - ACM Transactions on …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
This article examines the educational efficacy of a learning environment in which children
diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) engage in social interactions with an …

Domain-specific inhibitory control training to improve children's learning of counterintuitive concepts in mathematics and science

HR Wilkinson, C Smid, S Morris, EK Farran… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2020 - Springer
Evidence from cognitive neuroscience suggests that learning counterintuitive concepts in
mathematics and science requires inhibitory control (IC). This prevents interference from …

Nuevas tecnologías: Puentes de comunicación en el trastorno del espectro autista (TEA)

G Guzmán, N Putrino, F Martínez, N Quiroz - Terapia psicológica, 2017 - SciELO Chile
Los trastornos del espectro autista (TEA) son alteraciones del neurodesarrollo
caracterizados por dificultades en interacción social, con principal hincapié en la …