Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Neuromorphic robots: biologically and neurally inspired designs
- Part III Brain-based robots: architectures and approaches
- 5 The RatSLAM project: robot spatial navigation
- 6 Evolution of rewards and learning mechanisms in Cyber Rodents
- 7 A neuromorphically inspired architecture for cognitive robots
- 8 Autonomous visuomotor development for neuromorphic robots
- 9 Brain-inspired robots for autistic training and care
- Part IV Philosophical and theoretical considerations
- Part V Ethical considerations
- Index
- References
9 - Brain-inspired robots for autistic training and care
from Part III - Brain-based robots: architectures and approaches
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Neuromorphic robots: biologically and neurally inspired designs
- Part III Brain-based robots: architectures and approaches
- 5 The RatSLAM project: robot spatial navigation
- 6 Evolution of rewards and learning mechanisms in Cyber Rodents
- 7 A neuromorphically inspired architecture for cognitive robots
- 8 Autonomous visuomotor development for neuromorphic robots
- 9 Brain-inspired robots for autistic training and care
- Part IV Philosophical and theoretical considerations
- Part V Ethical considerations
- Index
- References
Summary
An increasing number of projects worldwide are investigating the possibility of including robots in assessment and therapy practices for individuals with autism. There are two major reasons for considering this possibility: the special interest of autistic people in robots and electronic tools, and the rapid developments in multidisciplinary studies on the nature of social interaction and on autism as atypical social behavior.
Several branches of the social sciences and neurosciences, which aim to understand the social brain, advocate the perspective that social behaviors (e.g. shared attention, turn taking, and imitation) have evolved as an additional functionality of a general sensorimotor system for action. The basic feature of this system is the existence of a common representation between perception for action and the action itself. An extended social brain system facilitates processing of emotional stimuli, empathy, and perspective taking.
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- Neuromorphic and Brain-Based Robots , pp. 178 - 214Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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