Playing with virtual peers: Bootstrapping contingent discourse in children with autism

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL

Volumn , Issue PART 2, 2008, Pages 382-389

  Tartaro, Andrea ^a   Cassell, Justine ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN WITH AUTISMS; PEER INTERACTIONS;

DISEASES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84880415591     PISSN: 15734552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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