Recording Facial and Vocal Emotional Productions in Children With Autism as Part of the JEMImE Project

Recording Facial and Vocal Emotional Productions in Children With Autism as Part of the JEMImE Project

The purpose of the JEMImE project is to create a serious game to help children with Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) develop facial and vocal emotions in context.

The objective of this study is to record facial and vocal emotional productions in children with autism and PDD in order to create an algorithm for the recognition of facial emotional expressions implemented in the serious game JEMImE.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of autism and Pervasive developmental disorder according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM IV) criteria using scales (Autism Diagnostic Interview ADI and / or Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule ADOS).
• Intelligence Quotient (IQ) = /> 70 (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children WISC IV)
• Subjects and holders of parental authority who have given their informed and written consent
• Subjects affiliated to social security system.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects non affiliated to social security system.