AIMC Topic: Empathy

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Does Humanness Matter? An Ethical Evaluation of Sharing Care Work with Social Robots.

Science and engineering ethics
While social robots offer potential benefits like task assistance and companionship, their integration raises concerns about the erosion of human connection and the dehumanization of care. Through a qualitative study of older adults, family caregiver...

Advancing psychological assessment: quantifying self-compassion through free-text responses and language model BERT.

Scientific reports
Self-compassion, which refers to compassion directed toward oneself, is associated with mental health and well-being. Traditionally, self-compassion has been measured and quantified using rating scales such as the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) and Comp...

IKEA effect and empathy for robots: Can assembly strengthen human-agent relationships?

PloS one
Cooperative relationships between humans and agents are becoming more important for the social coexistence of anthropomorphic agents, including virtual agents and robots. One way to improve the relationship between humans and agents is for humans to ...

Regional and whole-brain neurofunctional alterations during pain empathic processing of physical but not affective pain in migraine patients.

The journal of headache and pain
BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence suggests that migraine patients present abnormal brain responses to salient sensory and emotional stimuli. However, it is still unclear whether this is a generalized or domain-specific phenomenon. Employing a well-va...

Comparing orthodontic pre-treatment information provided by large language models.

BMC oral health
This study collected and screened the 50 most common pre-treatment consultation questions from adult orthodontic patients through clinical practice. Responses to these questions were generated using three large language models: Ernie Bot, ChatGPT, an...

Learning to care, caring to learn: the evolving nature of medical education.

The New Zealand medical journal
As Otago Medical School marks its 150th anniversary, this paper reflects on what it means to train doctors for both today and the decades ahead. It traces the school's evolution from its nineteenth-century foundations through key innovations in curri...

The hermeneutic window and machine-based interactions in primary care: how do we prevent depersonalisation?

The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
BACKGROUND: Digital technologies are transforming healthcare delivery by enhancing accessibility and providing innovative ways to manage increasing patient demand. With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), a tsunami of ...

Examining the empathy levels of medical students using CHAID analysis.

BMC medical education
BACKGROUND: Empathy is a key factor in the medical field as it strengthens doctor-patient relationships, enhances communication, and leads to improved patient outcomes. This study aims to investigate the empathy levels of medical students, providing ...

Lights, Camera, Emotion: REELMO's 1060 Hours of Affective Reports to Explore Emotions in Naturalistic Contexts.

Scientific data
Emotions are central to human experience, yet their complexity and context-dependent nature challenge traditional laboratory studies. We present REELMO (REal-time EmotionaL responses to MOvies), a novel dataset bridging controlled experiments and nat...

Machine Learning Approach to Identifying Empathy Using the Vocals of Mental Health Helpline Counselors: Algorithm Development and Validation.

JMIR formative research
BACKGROUND: This research study aimed to detect the vocal features immersed in empathic counselor speech using samples of calls to a mental health helpline service.