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Dana S. Smith
Researcher at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Publications - 1
Citations - 291
Dana S. Smith is an academic researcher from University of Alabama at Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Autism & Social change. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 252 citations.
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Avatar assistant: improving social skills in students with an ASD through a computer-based intervention.
Ingrid Maria Hopkins,Michael W. Gower,Trista A. Perez,Dana S. Smith,Franklin R. Amthor,F. Casey Wimsatt,Fred J. Biasini +6 more
TL;DR: This randomized controlled study indicates that providing children with low-functioning autism and high functioning autism opportunities to practice attending to eye gaze, discriminating facial expressions and recognizing faces and emotions in FaceSay’s structured environment with interactive, realistic avatar assistants improved their social skills abilities.