NDLI: MEBook: Kinect-based self-modeling intervention for children with autism

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Uzuegbunam, N. Wing-Hang Wong Sen-ching Samson Cheung Ruble, L.
Copyright Year	2015
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA (Uzuegbunam, N.; Sen-ching Samson Cheung) \|\| Dept. of Educ., Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA (Wing-Hang Wong; Ruble, L.)
Abstract	Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a chronic developmental disorder that impairs the development of social and communication skills. Multiple studies have shown that children with ASD prefer images of self over others. These studies explain the effectiveness of video self-modeling (VSM), an evidence-based autism intervention in which one learns by watching oneself performing a target behavior in video. VSM content is difficult to create as target behaviors are sporadic, but advances in sensing and graphics enable synthesis of such behaviors. In this paper, we propose the MEBook system which uses Kinect sensor to inject self-images into a social narrative game to teach students with ASD proper greeting behaviors. The social narrative is an animated story about the main character meeting and greeting different cartoon characters in a clinic. Self-modeling is achieved by first replacing the main characters face with an image of the subject, and then animating the subject to match the narration. The second component is a positive reinforcement game in which the subject is prompted to greet different cartoon characters. Through depth-based body posture tracking, proper greeting behaviors are recognized and immediately rewarded with praises and visual confetti. A multiple-baseline single-subject study has been conducted and the preliminary results show that MEBook is effective in teaching greeting behaviors to children with ASD.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	6
File Size	1275350
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781479970827
DOI	10.1109/ICME.2015.7177518
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2015-06-29
Publisher Place	Italy
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Games Autism Joints Education Gesture recognition Face Generators Social narrative Kinect Gamification Virtual Reality
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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