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ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2017

'Emotiplay': a serious game for learning about emotions in children with autism: results of a cross-cultural evaluation.

S Fridenson-Hayo, S Berggren, A Lassalle, S Tal, D Pigat, N Meir-Goren, H O'Reilly, S Ben-Zur, S Bölte, S Baron-Cohen and 1 more

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Article in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Video Games for the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022
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  3. Digital Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021
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  14. Enhancing Emotional Intelligence in Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Intervention: A Systematic Review.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025
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  18. Gaming Platforms for People with ASD.Journal of Intelligence · 2024
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11 authors.

S Fridenson-HayoDepartment of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, 5290002, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
S BerggrenCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
A LassalleAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
S TalDepartment of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, 5290002, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
D PigatAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
N Meir-GorenCompedia Ltd, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
H O'ReillyAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
S Ben-ZurDepartment of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, 5290002, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
S BölteCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
S Baron-CohenAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
O GolanDepartment of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, 5290002, Ramat-Gan, Israel. ofer.golan@biu.ac.il.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8760-5691

Funding

Medical Research Council G0600977
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Children with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) experience difficulties recognizing others' emotions and mental states. It has been shown that serious games (SG) can produce simplified versions of the socio-emotional world. The current study performed a cross-cultural evaluation (in the UK, Israel and Sweden) of Emotiplay's SG, a system aimed to teach emotion recognition (ER) to children with ASC in an entertaining, and intrinsically motivating way. Participants were 6-9 year olds with high functioning ASC who used the SG for 8-12 weeks. Measures included face, voice, body, and integrative ER tasks, as well as parent-reported level of autism symptoms, and adaptive socialization. In the UK, 15 children were tested before and after using the SG. In Israel (n = 38) and Sweden (n = 36), children were randomized into a SG or a waiting list control group. In the UK, results revealed that 8 weeks of SG use significantly improved participants' performance on ER body language and integrative tasks. Parents also reported their children improved their adaptive socialization. In Israel and Sweden, participants using the SG improved significantly more than controls on all ER measures. In addition, parents in the Israeli SG group reported their children showed reduced autism symptoms after using the SG. In conclusion, Emotiplay's SG is an effective and motivating psycho-educational intervention, cross-culturally teaching ER from faces, voices, body language, and their integration in context to children with high functioning ASC. Local evidence was found for more generalized gains to socialization and reduced autism symptoms.

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Cross-Cultural ComparisonEmotionsAutism Spectrum DisorderChildFemaleHumansLearningMaleAutism spectrum conditionCross-cultural studyEmotion recognitionIntervention evaluationSerious games

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