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Can Robotic Systems Promote Self-Disclosure in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Pilot Study

Research suggests that many individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often demonstrate challenges providing appropriate levels of information during conversational interchanges. Considering the preference of individuals with ASD, and recent rapid technological advances, robotic systems may yi...

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Autores principales: Kumazaki, Hirokazu, Warren, Zachary, Swanson, Amy, Yoshikawa, Yuichiro, Matsumoto, Yoshio, Takahashi, Hideyuki, Sarkar, Nilanjan, Ishiguro, Hiroshi, Mimura, Masaru, Minabe, Yoshio, Kikuchi, Mitsuru
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29479324
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00036
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author Kumazaki, Hirokazu
Warren, Zachary
Swanson, Amy
Yoshikawa, Yuichiro
Matsumoto, Yoshio
Takahashi, Hideyuki
Sarkar, Nilanjan
Ishiguro, Hiroshi
Mimura, Masaru
Minabe, Yoshio
Kikuchi, Mitsuru
author_facet Kumazaki, Hirokazu
Warren, Zachary
Swanson, Amy
Yoshikawa, Yuichiro
Matsumoto, Yoshio
Takahashi, Hideyuki
Sarkar, Nilanjan
Ishiguro, Hiroshi
Mimura, Masaru
Minabe, Yoshio
Kikuchi, Mitsuru
author_sort Kumazaki, Hirokazu
collection PubMed
description Research suggests that many individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often demonstrate challenges providing appropriate levels of information during conversational interchanges. Considering the preference of individuals with ASD, and recent rapid technological advances, robotic systems may yield promise in promoting certain aspects of conversation and interaction such as self-disclosure of appropriate personal information. In the current work, we evaluated personal disclosures of events with specific emotional content across two differing robotic systems (android and simplistic humanoid) and human interactions. Nineteen participants were enrolled in this study: 11 (2 women and 9 men) adolescents with ASD and 8 (4 women and 4 men) adolescents with TD. Each participant completed a sequence of three interactions in a random order. Results indicated differences regarding comfort level and length of disclosures between adolescents with ASD and typically developing (TD) controls in relation to system interactions. Specifically, adolescents with ASD showed a preference for interacting with the robotic systems compared to TD controls and demonstrated lengthier disclosures when interacting with the visually simple humanoid robot compared to interacting with human interviewer. The findings suggest that robotic systems may be useful in eliciting and promoting aspects of social communication such as self-disclosure for some individuals with ASD.
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spelling pubmed-58114662018-02-23 Can Robotic Systems Promote Self-Disclosure in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Pilot Study Kumazaki, Hirokazu Warren, Zachary Swanson, Amy Yoshikawa, Yuichiro Matsumoto, Yoshio Takahashi, Hideyuki Sarkar, Nilanjan Ishiguro, Hiroshi Mimura, Masaru Minabe, Yoshio Kikuchi, Mitsuru Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Research suggests that many individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often demonstrate challenges providing appropriate levels of information during conversational interchanges. Considering the preference of individuals with ASD, and recent rapid technological advances, robotic systems may yield promise in promoting certain aspects of conversation and interaction such as self-disclosure of appropriate personal information. In the current work, we evaluated personal disclosures of events with specific emotional content across two differing robotic systems (android and simplistic humanoid) and human interactions. Nineteen participants were enrolled in this study: 11 (2 women and 9 men) adolescents with ASD and 8 (4 women and 4 men) adolescents with TD. Each participant completed a sequence of three interactions in a random order. Results indicated differences regarding comfort level and length of disclosures between adolescents with ASD and typically developing (TD) controls in relation to system interactions. Specifically, adolescents with ASD showed a preference for interacting with the robotic systems compared to TD controls and demonstrated lengthier disclosures when interacting with the visually simple humanoid robot compared to interacting with human interviewer. The findings suggest that robotic systems may be useful in eliciting and promoting aspects of social communication such as self-disclosure for some individuals with ASD. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5811466/ /pubmed/29479324 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00036 Text en Copyright © 2018 Kumazaki, Warren, Swanson, Yoshikawa, Matsumoto, Takahashi, Sarkar, Ishiguro, Mimura, Minabe and Kikuchi. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychiatry
Kumazaki, Hirokazu
Warren, Zachary
Swanson, Amy
Yoshikawa, Yuichiro
Matsumoto, Yoshio
Takahashi, Hideyuki
Sarkar, Nilanjan
Ishiguro, Hiroshi
Mimura, Masaru
Minabe, Yoshio
Kikuchi, Mitsuru
Can Robotic Systems Promote Self-Disclosure in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Pilot Study
title Can Robotic Systems Promote Self-Disclosure in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Pilot Study
title_full Can Robotic Systems Promote Self-Disclosure in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Pilot Study
title_fullStr Can Robotic Systems Promote Self-Disclosure in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed Can Robotic Systems Promote Self-Disclosure in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Pilot Study
title_short Can Robotic Systems Promote Self-Disclosure in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Pilot Study
title_sort can robotic systems promote self-disclosure in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder? a pilot study
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29479324
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00036
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