Social robots as embedded reinforcers of social behavior in children with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1038-1049

  Kim, Elizabeth S ^a,b   Berkovits, Lauren D ^b,c   Bernier, Emily P ^a,d   Leyzberg, Dan ^a   Shic, Frederick ^b   Paul, Rhea ^b,e   Scassellati, Brian ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive robots; Embedded reinforcers; Intervention; Social robots

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; GAME; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84877920463     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1645-2     Document Type: Article

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