Tecnologias Digitais para Reabilitação de Expressões Faciais no TEA: Uma Revisão Sistemática da Literatura
Resumo
Esta Revisão Sistemática da Literatura investiga tecnologias digitais para a reabilitação da expressão facial no Transtorno do Espectro Autista (TEA). Seguindo o PRISMA 2020, uma busca em quatro bases de dados (2020-2025) resultou em cinco estudos elegíveis a partir de 1.670 registros iniciais. Os achados indicam que as intervenções atuais — como aplicativos, RV e jogos sérios — focam principalmente no reconhecimento de emoções, deixando a produção facial subinvestigada. Dada a falta recorrente de validações rigorosas, amostras pequenas e acompanhamentos curtos, pesquisas futuras devem priorizar protocolos longitudinais robustos e métricas automatizadas para apoiar efetivamente a comunicação não verbal no TEA.
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