Purpose Technological advances in robotics have brought about exciting developments in
different areas such as education, training, and therapy. Recent research has suggested that …

Aim Emotional expressions are one of the most widely studied topics in neuroscience, from
both clinical and non‐clinical perspectives. Atypical emotional expressions are seen in …

In the past decade, interdisciplinary research has revealed the potential benefits of using
social robots in the care of individuals with autism. There is a growing interest in integrating …

Human–robot interaction has been demonstrated to be a promising methodology for
developing socio‐communicational skills of children and adolescents with autism spectrum …

Robotic therapies are receiving growing interest in the autism field, especially for the
improvement of social skills of children, enhancing traditional human interventions. In this …

Children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) experience persistent disrupted
coordination in interpersonal synchronisation that is thought to be associated with deficits in …

In accordance with the advancement in robotics and the scholarly literature, the extents of
utilizing robots for autistic children are widened and could be a promising method for …

Simulating emotional experience, emotional empathy is the fundamental ingredient of
interpersonal communication. In the speaker-listener scenario, the speaker is always a child …

ABSTRACT ASD children are characterised by a lack of intentionality. We analysed
nonverbal and verbal information, associated with heart rate and emotional feeling …

In human face-to-face conversation, embodied rhythms between speech and body motions
such as nodding are mutually synchronized not only between talkers but also in a talker …