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11 - Computer Science and Informatics
University of Edinburgh
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Output title
Social Communication between Virtual Characters and Children with Autism
Type
E - Conference contribution
Name of conference/published proceedings
Artificial Intelligence in Education : 15th International Conference, AIED 2011, Auckland, New Zealand, June 28 – July 2011
Volume number
6738
Issue number
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First page of article
7
ISSN of proceedings
0302-9743
Year of publication
2011
Number of additional authors
9
Additional information
<20> Originality: Within AI in Education (AIED) community, working with children with Autism is novel, as is using a Virtual Environment for skills training for this population.
Significance: Demonstrates power of a virtual character to impact children (with Autism) with limited social skills: showed that children learned and were responsive to the virtual character. Opens up potential new areas of research in AIED community.
Rigour: The careful planning of the study exemplifies the sensitivity required to work with children with Autism. Accepted AIED 2011: 32% acceptance rate.
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
D - Institute for Language, Cognition & Computation
Citation count
3
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Non-English
No
English abstract
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