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How Culture and Presence of a Robot Affect Teachers' Use of Touch with Autistic Children

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We quantitatively analyze and compare how teachers in Serbia and the UK use physical contact to guide autistic children through an activity with and without a robot. We annotated 40 videos from the DE-ENIGMA dataset of autistic children interacting with or without a robot in the presence of an adult teacher in Serbia or the UK. Results show touch was widely used in both countries and more when the robot was not present. Culture affected where touch occurred, while the robot affected touch style.

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HRI '20: Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
March 2020
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DOI:10.1145/3371382
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  1. autism
  2. culture
  3. early childhood
  4. instructional practices
  5. robot
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  • (2024)Social Robots: A Promising Tool to Support People with Autism. A Systematic Review of Recent Research and Critical Analysis from the Clinical PerspectiveReview Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders10.1007/s40489-024-00434-5Online publication date: 29-Feb-2024
  • (2022)Multiuser Digital Platform to Promote Interaction Skill in Individuals With AutismIEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies10.1109/TLT.2022.319933415:6(798-811)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2022

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