Using animated vehicles with real emotional faces to improve emotion recognition in Chinese children with autism spectrum disorder

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200375
• Publication Date: 2018-07-19T13:47:01Z
• Authors: Yuhong Yan; Chuanshi Liu; Lin Ye; Yangyang Liu
• Keywords: Emotional expression; Facial expression recognition; Typically developing

The objective of the present study was to conduct an intervention which aimed improve emotion recognition for Chinese children with ASD by using animated vehicles real emotional faces. A total 21 participated in current study; participants consisted 14 (2 girls) a formal diagnosis and 7 typically developing children. Participants were measured on vocabulary situation-facial expression matching before after intervention. Results indicated that significantly improved children's compared their pre-intervention scores. Our findings suggest this (i.e. Transporters) is effective early ASD.