Social Robots as Embedded Reinforcers of Social Behavior in Children with Autism
Social Robots as Embedded Reinforcers of Social Behavior in Children with Autism
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DOI：
10.1007/s10803-012-1645-2
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发表时间：
2013-05-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Scassellati, Brian
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作者：
Kim, Elizabeth S.;Berkovits, Lauren D.;Scassellati, Brian
在这项研究中，我们考察了患有自闭症谱系障碍(ASD；N=24)的4-12岁儿童在与成年邦联成员和互动伙伴进行的三种传统互动中的社会行为，其中互动伙伴在(1)另一个成年人、(2)触摸屏电脑游戏和(3)社交恐龙机器人之间随机变化。与人类或电脑游戏互动伙伴相比，当互动伙伴是机器人时，儿童通常更多地说话，并将更多的话引导到成年邦联。孩子们对机器人说的话和对成人互动伙伴的话一样多。这项研究提供了迄今为止自闭症儿童中最大规模的人类-机器人社交互动演示。我们的发现表明，社交机器人可能会发展成为社交技能和沟通疗法的有用工具，特别是通过将社交互动嵌入到内在的增强器和激励器中。
In this study we examined the social behaviors of 4- to 12-year-old children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD; N = 24) during three tradic interactions with an adult confederate and an interaction partner, where the interaction partner varied randomly among (1) another adult human, (2) a touchscreen computer game, and (3) a social dinosaur robot. Children spoke more in general, and directed more speech to the adult confederate, when the interaction partner was a robot, as compared to a human or computer game interaction partner. Children spoke as much to the robot as to the adult interaction partner. This study provides the largest demonstration of social human-robot interaction in children with autism to date. Our findings suggest that social robots may be developed into useful tools for social skills and communication therapies, specifically by embedding social interaction into intrinsic reinforcers and motivators.