Andrea Tartaro
ABSTRACT
For my dissertation, I am designing, implementing and evaluating the use of a new kind of.authorable. virtual peer that allows children with autism to learn about reciprocal social interaction by building their own virtual humans. This work has three stages: (1) Study the verbal and nonverbal reciprocal social interaction behaviors of children with autism; (2) Use the results of the study to design and implement an authorable virtual peer for children with autism; and (3) Evaluate the effectiveness of the system in improving reciprocal social interaction behaviors of children with autism.
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- Authorable virtual peers for children with autism
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