An Interdisciplinary Approach to Improving Cognitive Human-Robot Interaction - A Novel Emotion-Based Model. - Eduard Fosch-Villaronga; Alex Barco; Beste Özcan; Jainendra Shukla (Robophilosophy/TRANSOR, 2016)

Transitional Wearable Companions: A Novel Concept of Soft Interactive Social Robots to Improve Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. - Beste Özcan; Daniele Caligiore; Valerio Sperati; Tania Moretta; Gianluca Baldassarre (Int. J. Soc. Robotics, 2016)

Lokahi: The Wearable Body Pillow to Foster an Intimate Interaction Between Two Users Through Their Heartbeat Awareness. - Beste Özcan; Valerio Sperati (HCI (49), 2020)

The Progressive Intertwinement Between Design, Human Needs and the Regulation of Care Technology: The Case of Lower-Limb Exoskeletons. - Eduard Fosch-Villaronga; Beste Özcan (Int. J. Soc. Robotics, 2020)

"X-8": An Experimental Interactive Toy to Support Turn-Taking Games in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. - Beste Özcan; Valerio Sperati; Flora Giocondo; Gianluca Baldassarre (HCI (37), 2021)

Interactive soft toys to support social engagement through sensory-motor plays in early intervention of kids with special needs. - Beste Özcan; Valerio Sperati; Flora Giocondo; Massimiliano Schembri; Gianluca Baldassarre (IDC, 2022)

Leveraging curiosity to encourage social interactions in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: preliminary results using the interactive toy PlusMe. - Flora Giocondo; Noemi Faedda; Gioia Cavalli; Valerio Sperati; Beste Özcan; Federica Giovannone; Carla Sogos; Vincenzo Guidetti; Gianluca Baldassarre (CHI Extended Abstracts, 2022)

A Novel System Based on a Smart Toy Responding to Child's Facial Expressions: Potential Use in Early Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders. - Francesco Montedori; Francesca Romana Mattei; Beste Özcan; Massimiliano Schembri; Valerio Sperati; Gianluca Baldassarre (HCI (48), 2022)

Supporting turn-taking activities: a pilot study using a smart toy with children with a diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders. - Flora Giocondo; Noemi Faedda; Gioia Cavalli; Massimiliano Schembri; Francesco Montedori; Federica Giovannone; Carla Sogos; Vincenzo Guidetti; Valerio Sperati; Beste Özcan; Gianluca Baldassarre (IDC, 2023)

Co-designing play activities and monitoring tools with smart interactive toys to support early intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder and comparable neurodevelopmental conditions. - Beste Özcan; Valerio Sperati; Flora Giocondo; Jônata Tyska Carvalho; Gianluca Baldassarre (IDC, 2023)

Multi-sensory Wearable Bio-feedback Pillow to Enhance Genuine Feeling of Intimate Connection. - Beste Özcan; Valerio Sperati; Flora Giocondo; Massimiliano Schembri; Gianluca Baldassarre (TEI, 2023)

The use of Transitional Wearable Companion toys to promote children's emotional intelligence: the Emotion-Lab program. - Clara Sardella; Claudia Di Marco; Martina Porcelli; Jasmine Miozzi; Valerio Sperati; Beste Özcan; Massimiliano De Luca; Alessandro Pecora; Massimiliano Schembri; Gianluca Baldassarre; Riccardo Santilli (IDC, 2024)

A tangible, toy-based platform to evaluate the child's social interaction in turn-taking game: a prospective on monitoring neurodevelopmental disorders. - Valerio Sperati; Beste Özcan; Federica Giovannone; Massimiliano Schembri; Noemi Faedda; Carla Sogos; Vincenzo Guidetti; Gianluca Baldassarre (IDC, 2024)

A tangible, toy-based platform to evaluate the child's social interaction in turn-taking games: promising preliminary results on neurodivergent twins. - Valerio Sperati; Beste Özcan; Federica Giovannone; Massimiliano Schembri; Giovanni Granato; Noemi Faedda; Carla Sogos; Vincenzo Guidetti; Gianluca Baldassarre (IDC, 2025)

Echo: an AI-based toy to encourage symbolic play in children with Autism Spectrum Conditions. - Giampiero Bartolomei; Beste Özcan; Giovanni Granato; Gianluca Baldassarre; Valerio Sperati (TEI, 2025)

A proposal for an AI-based toy to encourage and assess symbolic play in autistic children. - Giampiero Bartolomei; Beste Özcan; Giovanni Granato; Gianluca Baldassarre; Valerio Sperati (Behav. Inf. Technol., 2025)