Conversational agents in therapeutic interventions for neurodevelopmental disorders: a survey

F Catania, M Spitale, F Garzotto - ACM Computing Surveys, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD) are a group of conditions with onset in the
developmental period characterized by deficits in the cognitive and social areas …

Examining joint attention with the use of humanoid robots-A new approach to study fundamental mechanisms of social cognition

P Chevalier, K Kompatsiari, F Ciardo… - Psychonomic Bulletin & …, 2020 - Springer
This article reviews methods to investigate joint attention and highlights the benefits of new
methodological approaches that make use of the most recent technological developments …

How robots influence humans: A survey of nonverbal communication in social human–robot interaction

S Saunderson, G Nejat - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2019 - Springer
As robots become more prevalent in society, investigating the interactions between humans
and robots is important to ensure that these robots adhere to the social norms and …

Robots for elderly care in the home: A landscape analysis and co-design toolkit

G Bardaro, A Antonini, E Motta - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2022 - Springer
Over the last two decades, several deployments of robots for in-house assistance of older
adults have been trialled. However, these solutions are mostly prototypes and remain …

Differences in spontaneous interactions of autistic children in an interaction with an adult and humanoid robot

BR Schadenberg, D Reidsma, DKJ Heylen… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Robots are promising tools for promoting engagement of autistic children in interventions
and thereby increasing the amount of learning opportunities. However, designing deliberate …

Robot-mediated social skill intervention programme for children with autism spectrum disorder: An ABA time-series study

EY Chung - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2021 - Springer
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) present limitations in social communication
and social interaction at home, in school, and in community contexts. Teaching and …

Words of encouragement: how praise delivered by a social robot changes children's mindset for learning

DP Davison, FM Wijnen, V Charisi… - Journal on multimodal …, 2021 - Springer
This paper describes a longitudinal study in which children could interact unsupervised and
at their own initiative with a fully autonomous computer aided learning (CAL) system situated …

A conversational agent for emotion expression stimulation in persons with neurodevelopmental disorders

F Catania, F Garzotto - Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2023 - Springer
Difficulty in emotion expression and recognition is typical of the personality trait known as
alexithymia, which is often observed in persons with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) …

Skeleton driven action recognition using an image-based spatial-temporal representation and convolution neural network

V Silva, F Soares, CP Leão, JS Esteves, G Vercelli - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) typically present difficulties in engaging
and interacting with their peers. Thus, researchers have been develo** different …

Fostering emotion recognition in children with autism spectrum disorder

V Silva, F Soares, JS Esteves, CP Santos… - Multimodal …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Facial expressions are of utmost importance in social interactions, allowing communicative
prompts for a speaking turn and feedback. Nevertheless, not all have the ability to express …