How the Realism of Robot Is Needed for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders in an Interview Setting
The preliminary efficacy of interview training using an android robot whose appearance and movements resemble those of an actual human for treating social and communication difficulties in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has been demonstrated. Patient preferences regarding the appea...
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| author | Hirokazu Kumazaki Hirokazu Kumazaki Taro Muramatsu Yuichiro Yoshikawa Yuichiro Yoshikawa Yoshio Matsumoto Masutomo Miyao Hiroshi Ishiguro Hiroshi Ishiguro Masaru Mimura Yoshio Minabe Mitsuru Kikuchi |
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| description | The preliminary efficacy of interview training using an android robot whose appearance and movements resemble those of an actual human for treating social and communication difficulties in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has been demonstrated. Patient preferences regarding the appearance of robots are crucial for incentivizing them to undergo robot-assisted therapy. However, very little is known about how the realistic nature of an android robot is related to incentivizing individuals with ASD in an interview setting. In this study, individuals with ASD underwent an interview with a human interviewer and an android robot. Twenty-three individuals with ASD (age, 17–25 years) participated in this study. After the interview, the participants were evaluated in terms of their motivation to practice an interview with an android robot and their impression of the nature of the android robot in terms of humanness. As expected, subjects exhibited higher motivation to undergo interview training with an android robot than with a human interviewer. Higher motivation to undergo an interview with the android robot was negatively correlated with the participants’ impressions of the extent to which the android robot exhibited humanness. This study brings us one step closer to understanding how such an android robot should be designed and implemented to provide sufficiently realistic interview training that can be of therapeutic value. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a7ef521486b8481f87dcf818c5c562262022-12-21T18:50:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402019-07-011010.3389/fpsyt.2019.00486384334How the Realism of Robot Is Needed for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders in an Interview SettingHirokazu Kumazaki0Hirokazu Kumazaki1Taro Muramatsu2Yuichiro Yoshikawa3Yuichiro Yoshikawa4Yoshio Matsumoto5Masutomo Miyao6Hiroshi Ishiguro7Hiroshi Ishiguro8Masaru Mimura9Yoshio Minabe10Mitsuru Kikuchi11Department of Clinical Research on Social Recognition and Memory, Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, JapanNational Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Department of Preventive Intervention for Psychiatric Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, JapanJST ERATO ISHIGURO Symbiotic Human-Robot Interaction, Toyonaka, JapanService Robotics Research Group, Intelligent Systems Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki, JapanDepartment of Psychosocial Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, JapanJST ERATO ISHIGURO Symbiotic Human-Robot Interaction, Toyonaka, JapanDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Clinical Research on Social Recognition and Memory, Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, JapanDepartment of Clinical Research on Social Recognition and Memory, Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, JapanThe preliminary efficacy of interview training using an android robot whose appearance and movements resemble those of an actual human for treating social and communication difficulties in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has been demonstrated. Patient preferences regarding the appearance of robots are crucial for incentivizing them to undergo robot-assisted therapy. However, very little is known about how the realistic nature of an android robot is related to incentivizing individuals with ASD in an interview setting. In this study, individuals with ASD underwent an interview with a human interviewer and an android robot. Twenty-three individuals with ASD (age, 17–25 years) participated in this study. After the interview, the participants were evaluated in terms of their motivation to practice an interview with an android robot and their impression of the nature of the android robot in terms of humanness. As expected, subjects exhibited higher motivation to undergo interview training with an android robot than with a human interviewer. Higher motivation to undergo an interview with the android robot was negatively correlated with the participants’ impressions of the extent to which the android robot exhibited humanness. This study brings us one step closer to understanding how such an android robot should be designed and implemented to provide sufficiently realistic interview training that can be of therapeutic value.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00486/fullautism spectrum disordersandroid robotappearanceinterviewmotivationhumanness |
| spellingShingle | Hirokazu Kumazaki Hirokazu Kumazaki Taro Muramatsu Yuichiro Yoshikawa Yuichiro Yoshikawa Yoshio Matsumoto Masutomo Miyao Hiroshi Ishiguro Hiroshi Ishiguro Masaru Mimura Yoshio Minabe Mitsuru Kikuchi How the Realism of Robot Is Needed for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders in an Interview Setting Frontiers in Psychiatry autism spectrum disorders android robot appearance interview motivation humanness |
| title | How the Realism of Robot Is Needed for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders in an Interview Setting |
| title_full | How the Realism of Robot Is Needed for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders in an Interview Setting |
| title_fullStr | How the Realism of Robot Is Needed for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders in an Interview Setting |
| title_full_unstemmed | How the Realism of Robot Is Needed for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders in an Interview Setting |
| title_short | How the Realism of Robot Is Needed for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders in an Interview Setting |
| title_sort | how the realism of robot is needed for individuals with autism spectrum disorders in an interview setting |
| topic | autism spectrum disorders android robot appearance interview motivation humanness |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00486/full |
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