Abstract concept and imagination teaching through Virtual Reality in people with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Technology and Disability

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 173-180

  Herrera, Gerardo ^a   Jordan, Rita ^b   Veraa, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autistic Spectrum Disorders; Imagination; Play; Virtual Reality

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AUTISM; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; IMAGINATION; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PLAY; QUALITY CONTROL; SYMBOLISM; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33845775241     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/tad-2006-18403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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