TY - JOUR AU - Kumazaki, Hirokazu AU - Yoshikawa, Yuichiro AU - Yoshimura, Yuko AU - Ikeda, Takashi AU - Hasegawa, Chiaki AU - Saito, Daisuke N. AU - Tomiyama, Sara AU - An, Kyung-min AU - Shimaya, Jiro AU - Ishiguro, Hiroshi AU - Matsumoto, Yoshio AU - Minabe, Yoshio AU - Kikuchi, Mitsuru PY - 2018 DA - 2018/09/04 TI - The impact of robotic intervention on joint attention in children with autism spectrum disorders JO - Molecular Autism SP - 46 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - A growing body of anecdotal evidence indicates that the use of robots may provide unique opportunities for assisting children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, previous studies investigating the effects of interventions using robots on joint attention (JA) in children with ASD have shown insufficient results. The robots used in these studies could not turn their eyes, which was a limitation preventing the robot from resembling a human agent. SN - 2040-2392 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-018-0230-8 DO - 10.1186/s13229-018-0230-8 ID - Kumazaki2018 ER -