Facilitating Children's Ability to Distinguish Symbols for Emotions: The Effects of Background Color Cues and Spatial Arrangement of Symbols on Accuracy and Speed of Search.
Purpose: Communication about feelings is a core element of human interaction. Aided augmentative and alternative communication systems must therefore include symbols representing these concepts. The symbols must be readily distinguishable in order for users to communicate effectively. However, emoti...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 288 - 302 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Nov2011
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