Engaging autistic children in imitation and turn-taking games with multiagent system of interactive lighting blocks

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 6243 LNCS, Issue , 2010, Pages 115-126

  Brok, Jeroen C J ^a   Barakova, Emilia I ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

autism; behavioral training; collaborative play; Games; i blocks; imitation; tangibles; turn taking

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BEHAVIORAL TRAINING; COLLABORATIVE PLAY; GAMES; I-BLOCKS; IMITATION; TANGIBLES; TURN-TAKING;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DISEASES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 78049430048     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15399-0_11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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