Multimedia interfaces for users with high functioning autism: An empirical investigation

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 628-639

  Grynszpan, Ouriel ^a   Martin, Jean Claude ^a   Nadel, Jacqueline ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Animated conversational agent; Autism; Design; Facial expression; Multimodality; Training

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISEASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

ANIMATED CONVERSATIONAL AGENT; AUTISM; FACIAL EXPRESSION; MULTIMODALITY;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

EID: 44749090874     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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