Sense of presence and atypical social judgments in immersive virtual environments: Responses of adolescents with autism spectrum disorders

Autism

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-213

  Wallace, Simon ^a   Parsons, Sarah ^b   Westbury, Alice ^a   White, Katie ^a   White, Kathy ^a   Bailey, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder; virtual reality technology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SENSORY CORTEX; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIAL EDUCATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77954355995     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361310363283     Document Type: Article

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