Soichiro Matsuda

Soichiro Matsuda

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Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba | Behavioral Design Lab

Facilitating Social Play for Children with PDDs: Effects of Paired Robotic Devices

Published in Frontiers in Psychology, 2017

Summary

This study examined the effects of paired robotic devices on facilitating social play for children with pervasive developmental disorders. The study arranged paired devices in play contexts and evaluated changes in social play behavior.

The study contributes to the Supporting and Autism Support lines by examining how robotic devices can be arranged as part of an interactional context for supporting social play. It also connects social robotics with behavior-analytic approaches to interaction support.

Research line

  • Supporting: robotic devices for supporting social play
  • Autism Support: technology-enhanced interaction support for children with developmental disorders
  • Social Robots: paired robotic devices in play contexts

Matsuda, S., Nunez, E., Hirokawa, M., Yamamoto, J., & Suzuki, K. (2017). Facilitating social play for children with PDDs: Effects of paired robotic devices. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1029. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01029

Recommended citation: Matsuda, S., Nunez, E., Hirokawa, M., Yamamoto, J., & Suzuki, K. (2017). Facilitating social play for children with PDDs: Effects of paired robotic devices. *Frontiers in Psychology*, 8, 1029. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01029
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