Hsu Che-Wei, Teoh Yee-San
Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, Republic of China.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Feb;47(2):359-372. doi: 10.1007/s10803-016-2959-2.
The present study aimed to examine the effects of a novel avatar interviewing aid during memory interviews with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Thirty children were recruited for our study (Age: M = 7.60, SD = 0.68), half with ASD (13 boys; 2 girls) and the other half being neurotypical (13 boys; 2 girls). Children participated in a target event and were subsequently interviewed a week later by either an avatar interviewer or a human. The participants were also asked six misleading questions aimed to examine their suggestibility. Bayesian analysis showed some increase in memory performance for both groups of children interviewed by the avatar interviewer, and this effect exacerbated for children with ASD. These results showed encouraging implications for future applications.
本研究旨在考察一种新型虚拟化身访谈辅助工具在对自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童进行记忆访谈时的效果。我们招募了30名儿童参与研究（年龄：M = 7.60，标准差 = 0.68），其中一半患有ASD（13名男孩；2名女孩），另一半为神经典型发育儿童（13名男孩；2名女孩）。儿童参与了一个目标事件，随后在一周后由虚拟化身访谈者或真人进行访谈。参与者还被问到了六个旨在考察其受暗示性的误导性问题。贝叶斯分析表明，由虚拟化身访谈者访谈的两组儿童的记忆表现均有一定提高，且这种效果在患有ASD的儿童中更为明显。这些结果对未来的应用具有令人鼓舞的启示。
