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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 40, Issue 3, Pages 269-279Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0862-9
Keywords
Autism spectrum; Children; Emotion recognition; Intervention; Animation; Intrinsic motivation
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- MRC [G0600977] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0600977] Funding Source: researchfish
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This study evaluated The Transporters, an animated series designed to enhance emotion comprehension in children with autism spectrum conditions (ASC). n = 20 children with ASC (aged 4-7) watched The Transporters everyday for 4 weeks. Participants were tested before and after intervention on emotional vocabulary and emotion recognition at three levels of generalization. Two matched control groups of children (ASC group, n = 18 and typically developing group, n = 18) were also assessed twice without any intervention. The intervention group improved significantly more than the clinical control group on all task levels, performing comparably to typical controls at Time 2. We conclude that using The Transporters significantly improves emotion recognition in children with ASC. Future research should evaluate the series' effectiveness with lower-functioning individuals.
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