Google glasses help children with autism recognize facial expressions

(Reuters) – A small study found that the use of autistic children with a smartphone can facilitate the recognition of facial expressions and social interactions.

The researchers, known as Super Power Glass, help these children understand what is going on around them.

This was based on an experiment conducted by researchers and included 71 children aged 6 to 12 years undergoing a known treatment for autism known as behavioral analysis. This treatment usually involves the practice of certain exercises, such as presenting cards to the child with a face to help identify different emotions.

The researchers randomly selected 40 children to experiment with Super Glass, a pair of glasses with a camera and headset that relay information about what children have seen and heard about a smartphone app designed to help them understand and understand react to social interactions.

Autistic children can recognize emotions and respond to them. The application informs them at the same time to help them develop their skills.

Six weeks after using Super Power Glass in 20-minute sessions four times a week, the researchers found that children who benefit from this digital support had better results in terms of testing, communication and communication. social behavior than the comparison group of 31 children receiving only normal care. For autistic patients.

The use of Super Power Glass teaches kids "to look for social interactions and to recognize that faces are interesting and that they can distinguish what you are telling them," said Dennis Wall, senior research scientist at Stanford University California.

He added in an email that the system "is effective because it encourages the child's social initiative and makes him aware that he is able to absorb other people's emotions." -Same ".

The application is based on artificial intelligence in order to provide feedback that helps children track faces and identify emotions. A green light turns on when the child is looking at a face, then uses the application as an expressive expression that tells him about the apparent emotion on that face, that he is happy , angry, scared or surprised.

Parents can use the app to identify their children's response later and tell the child how conscious he is and reacts to emotions.