A comparison between a person and a robot in the attention, imitation, and repetitive and stereotypical behaviors of children with autism spectrum disorder.

Pinto Costa, Andreia; Charpiot, Louise; Lera, Francisco; Ziafati, Pouyan; Nazarikhorram, Aida; van der Torre, Leon; Steffgen, Georges

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	Document type :	Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings : Unpublished conference
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Treatment & clinical psychology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/43198

Title :	A comparison between a person and a robot in the attention, imitation, and repetitive and stereotypical behaviors of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Pinto Costa, Andreia [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
	Charpiot, Louise [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
	Lera, Francisco []
	Ziafati, Pouyan []
	Nazarikhorram, Aida []
	van der Torre, Leon [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Computer Science and Communications Research Unit (CSC) >]
	Steffgen, Georges [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
Publication date :	2018
Peer reviewed :	Yes
Event name :	Workshop on Social human-robot interaction of human-care service robots at the Human Robot Interaction (HRI2018)
Event date :	05-03-2018 to 08-03-2018
Keywords :	[en] asd ; children ; robot-assisted therapy ; attention ; imitation ; repetitive and stereotyped behaviors
Abstract :	[en] The aim of the present study was to assess the usefulness of QT, a socially assistive robot, in interventions with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by assessing children’s attention, imitation, and presence of repetitive and stereotyped behaviors. Fifteen children diagnosed with ASD, aged from 4 to 14 years participated in two short interactions, one with a person and one with QT robot. Statistical analyses revealed that children directed more attention towards the robot than to the person, imitated the robot as much as the person, and engaged in fewer repetitive or stereotyped behaviors with the robot than with the person. These results support previous research demonstrating the usefulness of robots in interventions with children with ASD and provide new evidence to the usefulness of robots in reducing repetitive and stereotyped behaviors in children with ASD, which can affect children’s learning.
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