A huggable device can reduce the stress of calling an unfamiliar person on the phone for individuals with ASD

• Hidenobu Sumioka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Kyoto, Japan

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• Hirokazu Kumazaki ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kumazaki@tiara.ocn.ne.jp

  Affiliations Department of Preventive Intervention for Psychiatric Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health, Tokyo, Japan, Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2567-0276

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• Taro Muramatsu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yuichiro Yoshikawa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Hiroshi Ishiguro,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Haruhiro Higashida,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

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• Teruko Yuhi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

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• Masaru Mimura

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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