Creating a software to promote understanding about narrative in children with autism: Reflecting on the design of feedback and opportunities to reason

2007 IEEE 6th International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 64-69

  Davis, Megan ^a   Otero, Nuno ^a   Dautenhahn, Kerstin ^a   Nehaniv, Chrystopher L ^a   Powell, Stuart D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Interaction; Narrative; Software design

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; INTERACTION; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; NARRATIVE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 50849105746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DEVLRN.2007.4354045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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