Effectiveness of virtual reality for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: an evidence-based systematic review

P Mesa-Gresa, H Gil-Gómez, JA Lozano-Quilis… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disease that is specially
characterized by impairments in social communication and social skills. ASD has a high …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Embodied conversational agents in clinical psychology: a scoping review

S Provoost, HM Lau, J Ruwaard, H Riper - Journal of medical Internet …, 2017 - jmir.org
Background Embodied conversational agents (ECAs) are computer-generated characters
that simulate key properties of human face-to-face conversation, such as verbal and …

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 …

Level of immersion in virtual environments impacts the ability to assess and teach social skills in autism spectrum disorder

HL Miller, NL Bugnariu - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Virtual environments (VEs) may be useful for delivering social skills interventions to
individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Immersive VEs provide opportunities for …

An immersive virtual reality educational intervention on people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) for the development of communication skills and problem solving

JF Herrero, G Lorenzo - Education and Information Technologies, 2020 - Springer
This paper proposes the design and application of a head mounted display (HMD)
immersive virtual reality system to improve and train the emotional and social skills of …

From virtual to prosocial reality: The effects of prosocial virtual reality games on preschool Children's prosocial tendencies in real life environments

A Shoshani - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Virtual Reality (VR) technology can provide new opportunities to promote prosocial learning
in young children. However, little empirical research has examined how this technology can …

Interactive technologies for autism

JA Kientz, MS Goodwin, GR Hayes, GD Abowd - 2014 - Springer
This book provides an in-depth review of the historical and state-of-the-art use of technology
by and for individuals with autism. The design, development, deployment, and evaluation of …

Designing and evaluating touchless playful interaction for ASD children

L Bartoli, F Garzotto, M Gelsomini, L Oliveto… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Limited studies exist that explore motionbased touchless applications for children with ASD
(Autism Spectrum Disorder) and investigate their design issues and the benefits they can …

Machine learning and virtual reality on body movements' behaviors to classify children with autism spectrum disorder

M Alcaniz Raya, J Marín-Morales, ME Minissi… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is mostly diagnosed according to behavioral symptoms in
sensory, social, and motor domains. Improper motor functioning, during diagnosis, involves …