TY - GEN
T1 - Validation of a novel Theory of Mind measurement tool
T2 - Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (16th : 2021)
AU - O'Reilly, Ziggy
AU - Silvera-Tawil, David
AU - Tan, Diana Weiting
AU - Zurr, Ionat
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Social communication difficulties in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been associated with poor Theory of Mind (ToM), an ability to attribute mental states to others. Interventions using humanoid robots could improve ToM that may generalize to human-human interactions. Traditionally, ToM has been measured using the Firth-Happe Animations (FHA) task which depicts interactions between two animated triangles. Recently, we developed a Social Robot Video (SRV) task which depicts interactions between two NAO robots. In this study, we administered both tasks to 8 children with ASD and 9 typically-developing children to examine the validity, reliability, and sensitivity of the SRV task. Results suggest that SRV has face validity, partial inter-rater reliability and could differentiate between the two groups. In sum, the SRV task could be used to assess effectiveness of ToM interventions using humanoid robots.
AB - Social communication difficulties in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been associated with poor Theory of Mind (ToM), an ability to attribute mental states to others. Interventions using humanoid robots could improve ToM that may generalize to human-human interactions. Traditionally, ToM has been measured using the Firth-Happe Animations (FHA) task which depicts interactions between two animated triangles. Recently, we developed a Social Robot Video (SRV) task which depicts interactions between two NAO robots. In this study, we administered both tasks to 8 children with ASD and 9 typically-developing children to examine the validity, reliability, and sensitivity of the SRV task. Results suggest that SRV has face validity, partial inter-rater reliability and could differentiate between the two groups. In sum, the SRV task could be used to assess effectiveness of ToM interventions using humanoid robots.
KW - robot-assisted therapy
KW - autism spectrum disorder
KW - Theory of Mind
KW - humanoid robot
KW - social robot
KW - socially-assistive robot
UR - https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/validation-of-a-novel-theory-of-mind-measurement-tool(883a5332-38d2-4d17-a46f-16edbba3db94).html
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85102766551&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3434074.3447135
DO - 10.1145/3434074.3447135
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
SN - 9781450382892
T3 - ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
SP - 89
EP - 93
BT - HRI'21
PB - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
CY - New York
Y2 - 8 March 2021 through 11 March 2021
ER -