A Tool to Improve Visual Attention and the Acquisition of Meaning for Low-Functioning People
| Autor: | Carlos Rodríguez Domínguez, María José Rodríguez Fórtiz, Marcelino Cabrera Cuevas, María Luisa Rodríguez Almendros, Tomas Ruiz Lopez, Maria Bermudez-Edo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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030506 rehabilitation
genetic structures Process (engineering) 05 social sciences medicine.disease Attention span Social relation 03 medical and health sciences Social skills Autism spectrum disorder medicine Autism 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Cognitive skill 0305 other medical science Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology Meaning (linguistics) Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN: 9783319412665 ICCHP (2) |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-41267-2_32 |
| Popis: | Students with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulties in social interaction and communication, social skills and acquisition of knowledge. Individuals affected by low-functioning autism are not able to manage the level of abstraction that the use of language requires. Besides, in the most severe cases they have problems in recognizing representations of objects from the real world. In order to intervene in these aspects, it is necessary to facilitate the learning of the processes of the acquisition of meaning, associating the meanings to signifiers at the visual and verbal levels. We have designed a computer-assisted tool called SIGUEME to enhance the development of the perceptive-visual process and the cognitive-visual process. We have performed a pilot study of the use of SIGUEME by 125 children from Spain, including an evaluation based on pre/post testing. This study suggests significant improvements in children’s attention span. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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