Towards interactive robots in autism therapy: Background, motivation and challenges

Pragmatics and Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-35

  Dautenhahn, Kerstin ^a   Werry, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84989364809     PISSN: 09290907     EISSN: 15699943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/pc.12.1.03dau     Document Type: Article

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