Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD) are a group of conditions with onset in the developmental period characterized by deficits in the cognitive and social areas. Conversational agents have been increasingly explored to support therapeutic interventions for people with NDD. This survey provides a structured view of the crucial design features of these systems, the types of therapeutic goals they address, and the empirical methods adopted for their evaluation. From this analysis, we elaborate a set of recommendations and highlight the gaps left unsolved in the state of the art, upon which we ground a research agenda on conversational agents for NDD.
翻译:神经发育紊乱症(NDD)是发展阶段开始出现的一系列条件,其特点是认知和社会领域存在缺陷,人们越来越多地探索对话媒介,以支持对患有NDD的人的治疗性干预,这项调查从结构上揭示了这些系统的关键设计特征、它们所针对的治疗性目标的类型,以及为评估这些系统而采用的经验方法。我们根据这一分析,详细提出了一套建议,并着重指出了在最新技术方面尚未解决的差距,我们据此将研究议程建立在NDD的谈话性媒介上。