Enhancing emotion recognition in children with autism spectrum conditions: An intervention using animated vehicles with real emotional faces

Ofer Golan; Emma Ashwin; Yael Granader; Suzy McClintock; Kate Day; Victoria Leggett; Simon Baron-Cohen

doi:10.1007/s10803-009-0862-9

Enhancing emotion recognition in children with autism spectrum conditions: An intervention using animated vehicles with real emotional faces

Ofer Golan, Emma Ashwin, Yael Granader, Suzy McClintock, Kate Day, Victoria Leggett, Simon Baron-Cohen

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	269-279
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	40
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0862-9
State	Published - Mar 2010

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Acknowledgments We are grateful to Culture Online and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) for funding, and to Catalyst Ltd and Culture Online (particularly Claire Harcup, Paul Bason, Khairoun Abji and Jon Drori) for their production of the film. We are also indebted to the families who participated in the intervention. We also thank Gina Owens, Kimberly Peabody, Ben Weiner and Ayla Humphrey for valuable discussions.

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Acknowledgments We are grateful to Culture Online and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) for funding, and to Catalyst Ltd and Culture Online (particularly Claire Harcup, Paul Bason, Khairoun Abji and Jon Drori) for their production of the film. We are also indebted to the families who participated in the intervention. We also thank Gina Owens, Kimberly Peabody, Ben Weiner and Ayla Humphrey for valuable discussions.

Funders	Funder number
DCMS
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Medical Research Council	G0600977

Keywords

Animation
Autism spectrum
Children
Emotion recognition
Intervention
Intrinsic motivation

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