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Evaluating interactional synchrony in full-body interaction with autistic children
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posted on 2023-06-10, 03:38 authored by Grazia RagoneGrazia Ragone, Emeline BruleEmeline Brule, Kate HowlandKate HowlandInteractional synchrony, the spontaneous coordination of movements during interaction, is increasingly considered important in research on the development of non-verbal communication by autistic children. There is evidence that interventions using embodied interaction technologies to support interactional synchrony are possible, but we do not have a shared framework in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) for designing and evaluating such systems. We discuss existing measurement and evaluation tools used in experimental psychology and consider how the prevalent approach could be adapted to naturalistic HCI study contexts, with input from domain experts. We report on an exploratory case study evaluating a full-body interactive musical system with a group of ten autistic children. We provide methodological recommendations for the evaluation of future systems focusing on interactional synchrony, highlight limitations of current measurement tools and suggest mitigations.
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ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children 2022 proceedingsPublisher
ACMExternal DOI
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1-12Event name
ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) ConferenceEvent location
Braga, PortugalEvent type
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27th - 30th June 2022Place of publication
New York, USAISBN
978-1-4503-9197-9Department affiliated with
- Engineering and Design Publications
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2022-05-24First Open Access (FOA) Date
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2022-05-23Usage metrics
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