FA16-PROJECT 9 WEEK 10 MILESTONES

The amount of subjects used was 12 subjects in total. All of the children were recruited from an occupational therapy office. The inclusion criteria consisted of children that were previously diagnosed with sensory processing disorder and also children diagnosed with autism in some cases the children might have had both.The data was collected by the improvements the children have made. The fist time the kids were exposed to the different textures they might have not like it or maybe even avoided it after several trials of the game the children some of them didn’t have any issue with the textures. Conditions created to be compared were children with sensory processing disorder (SPD) and children with autism (ASD) and SPD. Subjects in each group were asked to identify  the texture of the animal in the card and the name of the animal. The subjects were asked to play with their class mates and tell each other the animal and texture and how they felt about it, if they liked the texture or not. The outcome of the experiment turned out to be positive. The children that only had sensory processing disorder improved their sensory skills. Exposure to the textures played a huge part for the children improvements.

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About Robert O. Duncan

I'm an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences at City University of New York, with joint appointments in Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. I also have an appointment as a Visiting Scholar at New York University. My research interests include cognitive neuroscience, functional magnetic resonance imaging, glaucoma, neurodegenerative disorders, attention, learning, memory, educational technology, pedagogy, and developing games for education.

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