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

被引：169

作者：

Bernardini, Sara ^{[1
]}

Porayska-Pomsta, Kaska ^{[2
]}

Smith, Tim J. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Kings Coll London, Dept Informat, London WC2R 2LS, England

[2] Inst Educ, London Knowledge Lab, London WC1N 3QS, England

[3] Birkbeck Coll, Dept Psychol Sci, London WC1E 7HX, England

来源：

INFORMATION SCIENCES | 2014年 / 264卷

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

Virtual social partner; Pedagogical agent; Autonomous intelligent agent; Artificial intelligence planning; Autism; Social communication; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; SPECTRUM DISORDERS; ADOLESCENTS; VOCABULARY; THERAPY; REALITY; MODEL;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ins.2013.10.027

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

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 implementation of the interactive learning activities, which take place in a two-dimensional sensory garden, and the autonomous virtual agent, which acts as a credible social partner to children with autism. Both the activities and the agent are based on principles of best autism practice and input from users. Specification guidelines are given for building an autonomous socially competent agent that supports learning in this context. We present experimental results pertaining to the effectiveness of the agent based on an extensive evaluation of the ECHOES platform, which show encouraging tendencies for a number of children. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：41 / 60

页数：20

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