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Artificial Playmates for Autistic Children

By Elsa Youngsteadt
ScienceNOW Daily News
15 February 2008
BOSTON–Children with autism spectrum disorder are unable to sustain play, make-believe games, and fluid social interaction–at least with real people. But psychologist and linguist Justine Cassell of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, says that interaction with virtual peers releases hidden social skills in these children.

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