论文标题
与机器人互动期间自闭症儿童的社交参与
Social Engagement of Children with Autism during Interaction with a Robot
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论文摘要
模仿在发展中起着重要的作用，是社会认知的先驱之一。即使一些自闭症儿童自发地模仿，而其他自闭症儿童可以学会模仿，但在大多数情况下，模仿的动态受到影响。文献中的现有研究表明，机器人可用于教授自闭症基本互动能力（例如模仿）的儿童。根据这些发现，在本研究中，我们研究自闭症儿童与在运动模仿任务中的人类伴侣相比，与模仿机器人互动时是否显示出更多的社交参与度。
Imitation plays an important role in development, being one of the precursors of social cognition. Even though some children with autism imitate spontaneously and other children with autism can learn to imitate, the dynamics of imitation is affected in the large majority of cases. Existing studies from the literature suggest that robots can be used to teach children with autism basic interaction skills like imitation. Based on these findings, in this study, we investigate if children with autism show more social engagement when interacting with an imitative robot (Fig 1) compared to a human partner in a motor imitation task.
