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About
Anne-Lise Jouen is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of developmental robotics, neuroscience, and education, with a primary focus on how children—particularly those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)—interact with social robots. Her foundational work, "How children with autism spectrum disorder behave and explore the 4-dimensional environment during a joint attention induction task with a robot" (155 citations), established her as a key figure in understanding ASD children's spatial-temporal exploration during human-robot interaction. Jouen's more recent contributions have revolutionized the field by integrating neuroimaging, specifically EEG, to assess engagement and learning during child-robot interaction. Her landmark study on robot-assisted language learning (2022) demonstrated that robot tutors can increase functional connectivity in children's brains, providing the first empirical neural evidence for the efficacy of social robots as language tutors. Her 2023 work further confirmed these findings, showing distinct brain responses to robot-assisted versus human-led instruction. Most recently, her 2025 study on robotic storytelling for second language acquisition in classroom settings underscores her commitment to translating neuroscience insights into practical educational interventions. With a growing citation impact and a unique focus on the neural underpinnings of human-robot interaction, Jouen is shaping how we understand and deploy social robots as transformative tools in developmental education.
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