Despite its impact, it seems that Perspective Taking (PT) has rarely been investigated in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD; Cardillo, Erbì & Mammarella, 2020), whose social impairment may be associated with difficulties in perspective taking tasks, as suggested by Frith and de Vignemont (2005). Moreover, according to several neuroscientific research, PT is a fundamental prerequisite for social, empathic, motor and academic skills, as well as visuospatial working memory, perceptual learning and agency (Berthoz, 2006; Cardillo, Erbì, & Mammarella, 2020; Di Tore, Aiello, Sibilio, Berthoz, 2020; Sulpizio et al., 2015), and it may be promoted using edugames with a virtual avatar (Berthoz, 2015). Therefore, this investigation will survey the existing literature on PT and social skills of pupils with ASD to reflect on the potential to use evidence-based edugame to foster these skills and their inclusive potential.
Nonostante il suo impatto, sembra che il Perspective Taking (PT) sia stato raramente studiato in bambini e adolescenti con Disturbo dello Spettro Autistico (Cardillo, Erbì & Mammarella, 2020), la cui compromissione sociale può essere associata a difficoltà nell'assunzione di compiti di prospettiva, come suggerito da Frith e de Vignemont (2005). Inoltre, secondo diverse ricerche neuroscientifiche, la PT è un prerequisito fondamentale per le capacità sociali, empatiche, motorie e accademiche, nonché per la memoria di lavoro visuospaziale, l’apprendimento percettivo e l’agency (Berthoz, 2006; Cardillo, Erbì, & Mammarella, 2020; Di Tore, Aiello, Sibilio, Berthoz, 2020; Sulpizio et al., 2015) e può essere sviluppata utilizzando edugame con un avatar virtuale (Berthoz, 2015). Pertanto, il presente contributo esaminerà la letteratura esistente sulla PT e le abilità sociali degli alunni con Disturbo dello Spettro Autistico per individuare pratiche evidence-based che prevedono l’utilizzo di edugame per promuovere queste abilità e le loro potenzialità inclusive.
EVIDENCE-BASED VIDEOGAME TO FOSTER INCLUSION OF PUPILS WITH ASD: A PRELIMINARY SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Emanuela Zappala'
;Ilaria Viola;Paola Aiello
2022-01-01
Abstract
Despite its impact, it seems that Perspective Taking (PT) has rarely been investigated in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD; Cardillo, Erbì & Mammarella, 2020), whose social impairment may be associated with difficulties in perspective taking tasks, as suggested by Frith and de Vignemont (2005). Moreover, according to several neuroscientific research, PT is a fundamental prerequisite for social, empathic, motor and academic skills, as well as visuospatial working memory, perceptual learning and agency (Berthoz, 2006; Cardillo, Erbì, & Mammarella, 2020; Di Tore, Aiello, Sibilio, Berthoz, 2020; Sulpizio et al., 2015), and it may be promoted using edugames with a virtual avatar (Berthoz, 2015). Therefore, this investigation will survey the existing literature on PT and social skills of pupils with ASD to reflect on the potential to use evidence-based edugame to foster these skills and their inclusive potential.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.