Training Technology for People with Developmental Disorders

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K16172
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Learning support system
• Research Institution: Nara Institute of Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Hiroki 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学, 情報科学研究科, 助教 (10757834)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 自閉スペクトラム症 / 対話システム / ソーシャルスキルトレーニング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I conducted research to automate the process of social skill training by interacting to conversational agents. Automated social skills training is worked on a general laptop, and users can access to SST everywhere. The system recognizes users' speech, language and image, and the users obtain immediate feedback. The System follows traditional step-by step
SST framework including two target skills, modeling, role-play, feedback with positive reinforcement. Experimental evaluation showed that our system was effective for not only graduate students but also people with autism spectrum disorders to improve their social skills.

Free Research Field

知能情報学