Design of a virtual reality based adaptive response technology for children with Autism

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-64

  Lahiri, Uttama ^a   Bekele, Esubalew ^b   Dohrmann, Elizabeth ^c   Warren, Zachary ^d   Sarkar, Nilanjan ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR   (India)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); blink rate (BR); eye tracking; fixation duration (FD); pupil diameter (PD); virtual reality (VR)

Indexed keywords

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; BLINK RATES; EYE-TRACKING; FIXATION DURATION; PUPIL DIAMETER;

COMMUNICATION; DISEASES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872140788     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2012.2218618     Document Type: Article

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