creators_name: Scassellati, Brian
editors_name: Berthouze, Luc
editors_name: Kaplan, Frédéric
editors_name: Kozima, Hideki
editors_name: Yano, Hiroyuki
editors_name: Konczak, Jürgen
editors_name: Metta, Giorgio
editors_name: Nadel, Jacqueline
editors_name: Sandini, Giulio
editors_name: Stojanov, Georgi
editors_name: Balkenius, Christian
type: confpaper
datestamp: 2006-07-23
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:29
metadata_visibility: show
title: Using social robots to study
abnormal social development
ispublished: pub
subjects: dev-psy
subjects: comp-sci-robot
full_text_status: public
keywords: social robots, ESRA robot, social development, autism therapy
note: Thisshort paper is an extended abstract of an invited talk given at the conference.
abstract: Social robots recognize and respond to human
social cues with appropriate behaviors.
Social robots, and the technology used in their
construction, can be unique tools in the study
of abnormal social development. Autism is a
pervasive developmental disorder that is characterized
by social and communicative impairments.
Based on three years of integration
and immersion with a clinical research
group which performs more than 130 diagnostic
evaluations of children for autism per
year, this paper discusses how social robots
will make an impact on the ways in which we
diagnose, treat, and understand autism.
date: 2005
date_type: published
volume: 123
publisher: Lund University Cognitive Studies
pagerange: 11-14
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Scassellati, Brian  (2005) Using social robots to study abnormal social development.  [Conference Paper]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/4976/1/scassellati.pdf