Gnanathusharan Rajendran

Personal profile

Research interests

I am interested in how new technologies might influence the social and cognitive development of children, especially children with developmental disorders like autism.

Biography

I graduated with undergraduate and masters degrees in Psychology from the University of Birmingham, followed by a PhD in Developmental Psychology at the University of Nottingham. I was an ESRC Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham, before becoming a Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, and then a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde. I joined Heriot-Watt University in 2012 as a Reader.

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Robots Engineering & Materials Science

Autistic Disorder Medicine & Life Sciences

autism Social Sciences

Pupil Medicine & Life Sciences

Computer keyboards Engineering & Materials Science

Human computer interaction Engineering & Materials Science

learning performance Social Sciences

Technology Medicine & Life Sciences

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Research Output 2000 2019

24 Article
9 Conference contribution
3 Paper
1 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
5 More

An architecture for emotional facial expressions as social signals

Aylett, R., Ritter, C., Lim, M. Y., Broz, F., McKenna, P., Keller, I. & Rajendran, G., 19 Mar 2019, In : IEEE Transactions on Affecticve Computing.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Mirrors

Processing

Identifying Embodied Metaphors for Computing Education

Manches, A., McKenna, P. E., Rajendran, G. & Robertson, J., 31 Jan 2019, In : Computers in Human Behavior.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

metaphor

education

female student

cognition

video

Blending human and artificial intelligence to support autistic children's social communication skills

Porayska-Pomsta, K., Alcorn, A. M., Avramides, K., Beale, S., Bernardini, S., Foster, M. E., Frauenberger, C., Good, J., Guldberg, K., Keay-Bright, W., Kossyvaki, L., Lemon, O., Mademtzi, M., Menzies, R., Pain, H., Rajendran, G., Waller, A., Wass, S. & Smith, T. J., 20 Dec 2018, In : ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 25, 6, 35.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Artificial intelligence

Communication

Intelligent virtual agents

BrainQuest: The use of motivational design theories to create a cognitive training game supporting hot executive function

Gray, S. I., Robertson, J., Manches, A. & Rajendran, G., 16 Aug 2018, In : International Journal of Human-Computer Studies.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

physical education

research method

cognition

emotion

ability

Cultural Social Signal Interplay with an Expressive Robot

McKenna, P. E., Ghosh, A., Aylett, R., Broz, F. & Rajendran, G., 5 Nov 2018, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. ACM, p. 211-218 8 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Open Access

File

Robots

Signal processing

Experiments