サリーと…コズモ? おもちゃのロボットを使った心の理論のトレーニング:パイロットスタディ
Davide Ghiglino1, Federica Floris2,3, Davide De Tommaso1
1Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.
Frontiers in psychology
|December 17, 2025
まとめ
この研究では、自閉症スペクトラム障害(ASD)の子供たちがおもちゃのロボットを使用することで、標準的なセラピーよりも心の理論(ToM)スキルが向上することがわかりました。ロボット支援介入は、ASDにおける社会的認知の向上に有望です。
科学分野:
- 発達心理学
- 教育におけるロボット工学
- 臨床心理学
背景:
- 自閉症スペクトラム障害(ASD)の子供たちは、しばしば心の理論(ToM)に欠陥があり、社会的相互作用に影響を与えます。
- 応用行動分析(ABA)は、ASD介入の一般的なフレームワークです。
- ASDにおけるToM発達をサポートするための革新的な治療ツールの必要性があります。
研究 の 目的:
- 市販のおもちゃのロボット(Cozmo)が自閉症スペクトラム障害(ASD)の子供たちの偽の信念トレーニングに有効かどうかを調査すること。
- ABAフレームワーク内でのロボット支援療法の評価。
- ToMと感情認識のためのロボット支援トレーニングと標準療法の比較。
主な方法:
- 14人のASDの子供が関与したパイロットスタディでは、2期間クロスオーバーデザインが使用されました。
- ロボット支援セッションには、Cozmoを使用した適応的な偽の信念タスク(偽装箱、サリー・アン)が含まれていました。
- 評価には、3つの時点(T0、T1、T2)でのToMと感情認識のためのNEPSY-IIが含まれていました。
主要な成果:
- ロボット支援療法は、標準療法単独と比較して、ToMと感情認識において有意に大きな改善をもたらしました。
- 混合効果モデルは、これらの発見の統計的有意性を確認しました。
- この研究は、臨床現場へのロボットの統合の実現可能性を示しました。
結論:
- 手頃な価格のおもちゃのロボットは、ASDの構造化された臨床介入に効果的に統合できます。
- ロボット支援トレーニングは、ASDの子供たちのToM関連の結果を向上させる可能性を示しています。
- これらの有望な結果をさらに検証するために、より大規模な研究が必要です。
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