Improving Perspective Taking And Empathy In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Keywords

autism spectrum disorder; empathy; game mechanics; perspective taking

Abstract

This paper discusses the design, implementation, and evaluation of a serious game intended to reinforce applied behavior analysis (ABA) techniques used with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by providing a low cost and easily accessible supplement to traditional methods. The goal is develop a safe environment for social exploration and learning that boosts the child's confidence while providing calming mechanisms. Games increase children's motivation and thus increase the rate of learning in computer mediated environments. Furthermore, children with ASD are able to understand basic emotions and facial expressions in avatars more easily than in real-world interactions.

Publication Date

10-7-2016

Publication Title

2016 IEEE International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2016

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/SeGAH.2016.7586232

Socpus ID

84994711788 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84994711788

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