Virtual bombs and Immersive Reader transform learning intervention

They can repeat scripts or tell you what negotiation means – but when they are having to perform that themselves it can be a real challenge. What the game does is make that meaningful so they understand why they need to do these things – it creates opportunities to teach social skills.

https://devpost.com/software/augmented-reality-treatment-for-autistic-children

Integrate more scenarios, children will have the opportunity to play with others and animals. Expand the product to adolescents be developing more complex scenarios All levels would have different instances to show altruistic behavior some obvious while others being more subtle. At the end of the interaction an empathy score can be obtained.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5483849/

The BPS collects quantitative data about the user’s environment and interactions through the use of an array of inbuilt sensors and analyzes these data through the use of artificial intelligence (AI), including the use of Affdex emotion AI (Affectiva, Boston, MA, USA) (28).

Collecting data is much easier comparing to human therapists.

Brain Power System applications have been designed with the goal of enhancing social and cognitive skills development in children and adults with ASD.

Two key theories have been put forward to help explain the diminished eye contact in autism, gaze aversion, and gaze indifference. Gaze aversion suggests that the individual with ASD actively avoids eye contact as it is threatening, anxiety-inducing, or linked to physiologic overstimulation (35–37). Gaze indifference, on the other hand, supports the notion that reduced eye contact in ASD may be a passive phenomenon, where the eyes of others are not seen as being engaging or a relevant stimulus (38). Certainly, given the heterogeneity seen in ASD, different theories may hold true for different individuals.

Face Game provides for multiple different levels, and as the user progresses, the digital elements gradually become more subtle, while real-world interactions are emphasized.

Smartglasses may offer a number of distinct advantages compared to applications delivered via smartphones. With smartglasses, users are heads-up as opposed to immersed in a screen, and they remain hands-free, thus able to use their hands to engage in both non-verbal social communication and undertake educational/occupational tasks. This type of mobile and lightweight technology allows users to coach themselves in the privacy of their own home, and whenever is most convenient. Finally, such technology can be rapidly scaled to meet demands.

万维钢的这一课的内容，让我想到或许自闭症的人难以进入默认模式网络，很多表现都能和文中提到的类似。如果真是，那就很讽刺了，所谓自闭，恰恰是他们对“自”（me）无感，把自己跟世界一起“闭”于门外。而屋内热闹的人们，大部分时间活在自己的小屋里，只有不感到恐惧的片刻，偶尔开窗看看外面的世界，同时却忧心门外的他们，除了拥有整个世界，似乎只有孤独。

而现在一个最新的认识，说默认模式网络，是“自我”的来源 —— 你可以叫它 “Me Network”。

我理解，当你专注地做一件事的时候，会进入“心流”状态，它的特征恰恰是“忘我” —— 这也正好是默认模式网络活动降低的状态。

自闭症的人进入“心流”，那是分分钟的事。

科学家认为人在刚出生的时候并没有默认模式网络，是长大了慢慢才形成。

他们就是难以甚至无法形成默认模式网络。

科学家曾经猜想，既然致幻剂让人的感情都变得更强烈了，是不是说致幻剂能增强大脑的活动呢？结果发现不是。使用致幻剂后，大脑的供血量和供氧量都下降了。

很好奇他们的大脑供血量跟一般人是不是有区别？

但是使用了迷幻蘑菇之后，大脑的各个网络之间就增加了很多横向的、全局性的交流。现在的大脑“全球化”了 ——

视觉和听觉直接对话，你会感到颜色是有声音的。听觉和触觉直接对话，你会感到声音有质感，可以触摸。

他们的确有不同程度的通感能力，而且不限于五官之间，而是在同一感官，也能产生抽象和形象之间的融合。例如不少自闭算数天才，每个数字对于他们都是一种颜色和图案。对于Temple Grandin，物品在时间轴上可以随意切换。至于波子，过去的事件和日历的对标对于他稀松平常。

从这里脑科学角度来说，就是当你的默认模式网络开启、你有自我意识的时候，你的大脑会自动过滤外界信息。
比如走路，你只会注意路的方向、有没有障碍物、有没有行人，你会把鸟叫的声音、树叶的颜色都忽略掉。再比如读书，你会注意文字的意思，而不会一直观察墨水和纸张的细微结构。过滤增加了你的效率，但同时也给你带上了有色眼镜，你不能客观地去体验这个世界。

对这些跟目标动作无关的“多余”细节的注意，正是自闭者的一大特征。其实细节是客观存在的，之所以多余，是因为常人的默认模式网络开启之后，根据立场，不自觉过滤掉的。而自闭者没有这种“功利心”。