Virtual reality enhances the social skills of children with autism spectrum disorder: a review

作     者：Chen, Jingying Hu, Junlin Zhang, Kun Zeng, Xiao Ma, Yuhao Lu, Wenrui Zhang, Kai Wang, Guangshuai 

作者机构：Cent China Normal Univ Fac Artificial Intelligence Educ Natl Engn Res Ctr Elearning Wuhan Peoples R China Cent China Normal Univ Fac Artificial Intelligence Educ Natl Engn Lab Educ Big Data Wuhan Peoples R China Wuhan Univ Sch Comp Sci Wuhan Peoples R China 

出 版 物：《INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS》 (交互式学习环境)

年 卷 期：2024年第32卷第5期

页      面：2321-2342页

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学科分类：0401[教育学-教育学] 04[教育学] 

基　　金：Research Funds of CCNU from the Colleges' Basic Research and Operation of MOE Science & Technology Major Project of Hubei Province Next-Generation AI Technologies [2021BEA159] National Natural Science Foundation 

主　　题：Autism spectrum disorder virtual reality social skills intervention 

摘      要：Virtual reality (VR) technology has shown great potential on intervention of social skills for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This review aimed to review the application of VR in current social skills intervention targeting autistic children and evaluate its effect. After searching and screening three databases, we found 20 papers on interventions for children with ASD using VR technology, including three studies of social communication, six studies about social-emotional reciprocity, nine studies on social interaction, and eight studies of on social cognition. First, concerning the age of the children involved in the interventions, we found that VR devices were more suitable for children with ASD who were older. Second, regarding VR devices, we recommend laptop VR devices based on the cost, non-invasiveness, and effectiveness of their use in interventions. The VR application form of game is more advisable. More importantly, for the design of the VR intervention, based on the adoption article, we found that using a single participant worked better. This research presents the overall effects and limitations of this literature as well as implications for future work.