Robotic Framework for Music-Based Emotional and Social Engagement with Children with Autism

Neurological studies (Rizzolatti and Craighero 2004) have shown that activity in the premotor In the United States, the rapid increase in the population of cortex may represent the integration of auditory information children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has revealed with temporally organized motor action during rhythmic the deficiency in the realm of therapeutic accessibility for cuing. Based on this theory, researchers have shown children with ASD in the domain of emotion and social that RAS can produce significant improvements in physical interaction. There have been a number of approaches including activities (Pacchetti et al. 2000). Given that music has several robotic therapeutic systems (Feil-Seifer and shown such a long history of therapeutic effects on psychological Mataric 2008; Scassellati, Admoni, and Mataric 2012) displaying (Siedliecki and Good 2006) and physical problems many intriguing strategies and meaningful results.