Video Game Research Shows Promise for Autism
From: Medical Design technology - 01/25/2016

At the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where Brittany
Travers, professor in the occupational therapy program in the Department of
Kinesiology, is studying kids with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to learn
more about how helping kids improve their motor skills may have a positive
impact on their symptoms.

Travers wanted to know if bolstering motor skills in people with autism
reduces the severity of their symptoms by changing the brain.

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http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/01/video-game-research-shows-promise-autism

Links:
Brittany Travers
https://www.waisman.wisc.edu/pi-Travers-Brittany.htm
https://kinesiology.education.wisc.edu/kinesiology/people/graduate-faculty/brittany-travers

Motor Brain and Development Lab
http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/motor

Motor Brain and Development Lab - Current Studies
http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/motor/studies.htm

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Could Robots Help Unlock the Mystery of Autism Spectrum Disorder?
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/10/could-robots-help-unlock-mystery-autism-spectrum-disorder