Colour identification module in VR therapy

This is a pilot study to investigate the ability of a virtual reality based intervention
to improve cognitive skill which can also help in the development of
social and selfcare skills in children with autism.
Autism is a behaviourally-dened condition, but is caused by a number
of dierent known and unknown biologically based brain dysfunctions that
aect the developing brain's ability to handle information. Autism is a neurodevelopmental
disorder. Previous research supports that children with autism
show decits in contextual processing, as well as decits in its elementary
components: abstraction and cognitive
exibility.
Virtual Reality (VR) is dened as a simulation of the real world using
computer graphics. The dening features of a VR program or application
include interaction and immersion. Virtual reality facilitates learning in a
safe environment enabling a gradual increase in the complexity of tasks approaching
the conditions of real life.
Many children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) nd it dicult to
identify colours. This skill is particularly crucial because it involves development
of other daily activities such as dierentiating colours, objects, understanding
trac lights, etc. The purpose of this project is to examine whether
children with ASD are capable of learning the skills needed to identify colours
via a desktop coloured objects virtual environment (VE), and to determine
whether these skills can be applied in their real life.

MSC DA 2017-2019 INT Dr T K Manoj Kumar