An exploratory social-emotional prosthetic for autism spectrum disorders

Proceedings - BSN 2006: International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 3-4

  El Kaliouby, Rana ^a   Teeters, Alea ^a   Picard, Rosalind W ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD); HEAD MOVEMENT; MACHINE PERCEPTION ALGORITHMS; SOCIAL EMOTIONAL COMMUNICATION;

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; FACE RECOGNITION; GESTURE RECOGNITION; SENSORS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 33750805960     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BSN.2006.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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