Collaborative puzzle game: A tabletop interactive game for fostering collaboration in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

ITS 2009 - The ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 197-204

  Battocchi, A ^a   Pianesi, F ^a   Tomasini, D ^a   Zancanaro, M ^a   Esposito, G ^b   Venuti, P ^b   Ben Sasson, A ^c   Gal, E ^c   Weiss, P L ^c  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN WITH AUTISMS; COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES; COMPLEX INTERACTION; DIAMONDTOUCH TABLE; INTERACTION PARADIGM; INTERACTION RULES; INTERACTIVE GAMES; JIGSAW PUZZLES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PUZZLE GAMES; TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT;

COORDINATION REACTIONS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 77952964407     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1731903.1731940     Document Type: Conference Paper

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