Brain-inspired robots for autistic training and care

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511994838.010

9 - Brain-inspired robots for autistic training and care

from Part III - Brain-based robots: architectures and approaches

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2012

Emilia I. Barakova and

Loe Feijs

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Jeffrey L. Krichmar and

Hiroaki Wagatsuma

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Jeffrey L. Krichmar: Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine
Hiroaki Wagatsuma: Affiliation:
Kyushu Institute of Technology (KYUTECH), Japan

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An increasing number of projects worldwide are investigating the possibility of including robots in assessment and therapy practices for individuals with autism. There are two major reasons for considering this possibility: the special interest of autistic people in robots and electronic tools, and the rapid developments in multidisciplinary studies on the nature of social interaction and on autism as atypical social behavior.

Several branches of the social sciences and neurosciences, which aim to understand the social brain, advocate the perspective that social behaviors (e.g. shared attention, turn taking, and imitation) have evolved as an additional functionality of a general sensorimotor system for action. The basic feature of this system is the existence of a common representation between perception for action and the action itself. An extended social brain system facilitates processing of emotional stimuli, empathy, and perspective taking.

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Information: Neuromorphic and Brain-Based Robots , pp. 178 - 214

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511994838.010 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2011

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