Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | BCI '13 Proceedings of the 6th Balkan Conference in Informatics |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Publication date | 19 Sep 2013 |
| Pages | 141-148 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-1851-8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 19 Sep 2013 |
| Event | BCI 2013 - Thessaloniki, Greece Duration: 19 Sep 2013 → 21 Sep 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | BCI 2013 |
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| Country | Greece |
| City | Thessaloniki |
| Period | 19/09/2013 → 21/09/2013 |
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Facial Expression Recognition Teaching to Preschoolers with Autism : A Natural User Interface approach. / Christinaki, Eirini; Vidakis, Nikolaos; Triantafyllidis, Georgios.
BCI '13 Proceedings of the 6th Balkan Conference in Informatics. Association for Computing Machinery, 2013. p. 141-148.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Article in proceeding › Research › peer-review
TY - GEN
T1 - Facial Expression Recognition Teaching to Preschoolers with Autism
T2 - A Natural User Interface approach
AU - Christinaki, Eirini
AU - Vidakis, Nikolaos
AU - Triantafyllidis, Georgios
N1 - full paper
PY - 2013/9/19
Y1 - 2013/9/19
N2 - The recognition of facial expressions is important for the perception of emotions. Understanding emotions is essential in human communication and social interaction. Children with autism have been reported to exhibit deficits in the recognition of affective expressions. Their difficulties in understanding and expressing emotions lead to inappropriate behavior derived from their inability to interact adequately with other people. Those deficits seem to be rather permanent in individuals with autism so intervention tools for improving those impairments are desirable. Educational interventions for teaching emotion recognition from facial expressions should occur as early as possible in order to be successful and to have a positive effect. It is claimed that Serious Games can be very effective in the areas of therapy and education for children with autism. However, those computer interventions require considerable skills for interaction. Before the age of 6, most children with autism do not have such basic motor skills in order to manipulate a mouse or a keyboard. Our approach takes account of the specific characteristics of preschoolers with autism and their physical inabilities. By creating an educational computer game, which provides physical interaction by employing natural user interface (NUI), we aim to support early intervention and to foster facial expression learning.
AB - The recognition of facial expressions is important for the perception of emotions. Understanding emotions is essential in human communication and social interaction. Children with autism have been reported to exhibit deficits in the recognition of affective expressions. Their difficulties in understanding and expressing emotions lead to inappropriate behavior derived from their inability to interact adequately with other people. Those deficits seem to be rather permanent in individuals with autism so intervention tools for improving those impairments are desirable. Educational interventions for teaching emotion recognition from facial expressions should occur as early as possible in order to be successful and to have a positive effect. It is claimed that Serious Games can be very effective in the areas of therapy and education for children with autism. However, those computer interventions require considerable skills for interaction. Before the age of 6, most children with autism do not have such basic motor skills in order to manipulate a mouse or a keyboard. Our approach takes account of the specific characteristics of preschoolers with autism and their physical inabilities. By creating an educational computer game, which provides physical interaction by employing natural user interface (NUI), we aim to support early intervention and to foster facial expression learning.
U2 - 10.1145/2490257.2490262
DO - 10.1145/2490257.2490262
M3 - Article in proceeding
SN - 978-1-4503-1851-8
SP - 141
EP - 148
BT - BCI '13 Proceedings of the 6th Balkan Conference in Informatics
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
ER -