With the growing integration of social robots into pediatric environments, understanding and monitoring child-robot interaction has become increasingly important. Toward the advancement of biomechanical monitoring systems for pediatric applications, ...
The preschool period is a crucial time for behavioural and social-emotional development and the cultivation of mental well-being. Preschoolers may be affected by various traumatic problems. During this process, preschoolers may develop hazardous beha...
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines
Mar 20, 2025
BACKGROUND: Although prior studies have established the relation between social interactions and behavioral adjustment, it remains unclear whether aspects of early social interactions are uniquely related to behavioral problems and the relative impor...
BACKGROUND: Observation of child behaviour provides valuable clinical information but often requires rigorous, tedious, repetitive and time expensive protocols. For this reason, tests requiring significant time for administration and rating are rarel...
Journal of experimental child psychology
May 9, 2024
This study examined children's beliefs about a humanoid robot by examining their behavioral and verbal responses. We investigated whether 3- and 5-year-old children would treat the humanoid robot gently along with other objects and tools with and wit...
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines
Jan 29, 2024
BACKGROUND: Understanding the prenatal origins of children's psychopathology is a fundamental goal in developmental and clinical science. Recent research suggests that inflammation during pregnancy can trigger a cascade of fetal programming changes t...
BACKGROUND: The standard approaches to diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) evaluate between 20 and 100 behaviors and take several hours to complete. This has in part contributed to long wait times for a diagnosis and subsequent delays in access...
BACKGROUND: A growing body of anecdotal evidence indicates that the use of robots may provide unique opportunities for assisting children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, previous studies investigating the effects of interventions using...
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)
Nov 8, 2017
OBJECTIVES: Prompted by the need to find effective ways to enhance compliance in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and building on the increasing interest in dog-assisted interventions for this population, this study provides an explorato...
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) together affect >10% of the children in the United States, but considerable behavioral overlaps between the two disorders can often complicate differential diagnosis. ...
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