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Impressions of Humanness for Android Robot may Represent an Endophenotype for Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Source :
- Journal of autism and developmental disorders. 48(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Identification of meaningful endophenotypes may be critical to unraveling the etiology and pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We investigated whether impressions of "humanness" for android robot might represent a candidate characteristic of an ASD endophenotype. We used a female type of android robot with an appearance similar to that of a real person. Significant differences in overall impressions of 'humanness' for android robot were found between adolescents with ASD and typical development (TD) controls, as well as parents of children with ASD and parents of TD controls. Our current work does suggest robotic systems could potentially play an intelligent role in dissecting ASD heterogeneity.
- Subjects :
- Male
Parents
genetic structures
Adolescent
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Endophenotypes
behavioral disciplines and activities
050105 experimental psychology
Developmental psychology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
mental disorders
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Child
05 social sciences
technology, industry, and agriculture
Robotics
medicine.disease
Robotic systems
Social Perception
Endophenotype
Autism
Female
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Cognitive psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15733432
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of autism and developmental disorders
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....00893ce183f168a7ba61a3ea063ce72d