Archive for the ‘second_life’ Category

Blog about “TEACHING, RESEARCH AND VIRTUAL PSYCHOLOGY IN SECOND LIFE.”

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Found it via a post on Asperger’s social skills therapy. Adding it to Newsgator….I hope he links to some academic articles I can use for my paper. :)

The blog belongs to Simon Bignell, who is a Psychology Professor at the University of Derby (in the UK).   Here’s the focus of his research:

I am currently running a funded project that is evaluating teaching and research in Second Life. The research element is investigating the effectiveness of the platform to enhance the real-life social/communication skills of people diagnosed with high-functioning Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome.

HMMM maybe I can get my doctorate in the UK?

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Second Life therapy for folks with Asperger’s

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

WrongPlanet had an article about Second Life being used for brain therapy for people with Asperger’s syndrome at the UT Dallas Center for Brain Health.

One of the things the BrainHealth team is investigating is if “virtual social computer-based learning programs repair the dysfunctional brain networks in autism and schizophrenia”. The team working with autism plans to “[e]stablish [an] innovative assessment battery for social cognition” by “[d]evis[ing] novel intervention for social deficits using virtual computer technology.” They help people with Asperger’s by having them practice small talk in the virtual world of Second Life.

hmmm maybe I have found a source for one of my papers this semester…..too bad the university doesn’t offer a doctorate program.

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