The Bridging Sensory Processing to Social Cognition Boyd, LouAnne. creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut SpringerLink (Online service) text sz 2024 1st ed. 2024. monographic eng

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access XII, 124 p. 36 illus., 32 illus. in color. online resource. This book provides a thorough introduction to the many facets of designing technologies for autism, with a particular focus on optimizing visual attention frameworks. This book is designed to provide a detailed overview of several aspects of technology for autism. Each Chapter illustrates different parts of the Sensory Accommodation Framework and provides examples of relevant available technologies. The books first discusses a variety of skills that make up human development as well as a history of autism as a diagnosis and the birth of the neurodiversity movement. It goes on to detail individual types of therapy and how they interact with autism. The systems involved in sensory processing and their specific relation to autism are then explored, including through technologies that have addressed these areas and applications for designers. Readers will learn about designing sensory environments and sensory interactions, such as through virtual reality. This book places a needed emphasis on the hierarchy of information in technology development by exploring visual attention in neurodivergent conditions like autism, ADHD, and dyslexia. It also delves into the relationship between sensory perception and nonverbal communication, the bridge between sensory input and social behavior, and dynamic information. The discussion is rounded out with examinations of temporal processing as and multisensory integration as complicating factors that have existing technological solutions. Finally, the book closes with a summary of the sensory accommodation framework in respect to how each layer offers different user experience goals and specific mechanisms to promote those goals. Readers from a variety of research backgrounds will find this book informative and useful, while designers will learn essential skills for effectively designing autism technologies. Explores visual attention and other sensory-based approaches to designing effective technologies for autism Emphasizes the unique perceptual considerations for neurodiverse users of assistive technologies Suggests an alternative, interdisciplinary and user-centered approach to designing technologies for autism. Chapter 1: Introduction to Autism for Assistive Technologists -- Chapter 2: Technologies Across the Disciplines for Autistic Users -- Chapter 3: Sensory Processing in Autism -- Chapter 4: Designing Sensory Environments and Sensory Interactions in Virtual Reality -- Chapter 5: The Hierarchy of Visual Attention in Natural Scenes -- Chapter 6: From Sensory Perception to Realtime NonVerbal Communication -- Chapter 7: Timing is Everything: Temporal Processing and MultiSensory Integration -- Chapter 8: Neuro-Inclusive Design Considerations for Assistive and Accessible Technologies and Beyond. by LouAnne Boyd. User interfaces (Computer systems) Human-computer interaction Medical informatics Image processing Digital techniques Computer vision Bioinformatics Biomedical engineering User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction Health Informatics Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics Bioinformatics Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering QA76.9.U83 QA76.9.H85 9783031488436 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48843-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48843-6 240101 20251030110905.0 978-3-031-48843-6