AIMC Topic: Interpersonal Relations

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Effect of Social Anxiety on the Adoption of Robotic Training Partner.

Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking
With the development of artificial intelligence technologies, robotic training partner is becoming a reality, which is a substitute for human training partner. Socially anxious individuals feel uncomfortable in front of unfamiliar people or when bein...

Ordered interpersonal synchronisation in ASD children via robots.

Scientific reports
Children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) experience persistent disrupted coordination in interpersonal synchronisation that is thought to be associated with deficits in neural connectivity. Robotic interventions have been explored for use with...

Expectations vs. actual behavior of a social robot: An experimental investigation of the effects of a social robot's interaction skill level and its expected future role on people's evaluations.

PloS one
Since social robots are increasingly entering areas of people's personal lives, it is crucial to examine what affects people's perceptions and evaluations of these robots. In this study, three potential influences are examined: 1) the robot's level o...

Relating Mori's Uncanny Valley in generating conversations with artificial affective communication and natural language processing.

Nursing philosophy : an international journal for healthcare professionals
Human beings express affinity (Shinwa-kan in Japanese language) in communicating transactive engagements among healthcare providers, patients and healthcare robots. The appearance of healthcare robots and their language capabilities often feature cha...

Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Given the powerful implications of relationship quality for health and well-being, a central mission of relationship science is explaining why some romantic relationships thrive more than others. This large-scale project used machine learning (i.e., ...

Perspectives on usability and accessibility of an autonomous humanoid robot living with elderly people.

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess how cohabitation with a social robot for seven days night and day is perceived by elderly potential users and to suggest technological improvements for future home integration.

Effects of the Level of Interactivity of a Social Robot and the Response of the Augmented Reality Display in Contextual Interactions of People with Dementia.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
The well-being of people with dementia (PWD) living in long-term care facilities is hindered due to disengagement and social isolation. Animal-like social robots are increasingly used in dementia care as they can provide companionship and engage PWD ...

Adherence and acceptability of a robot-assisted Pivotal Response Treatment protocol for children with autism spectrum disorder.

Scientific reports
The aim of this study is to present a robot-assisted therapy protocol for children with ASD based on the current state-of-the-art in both ASD intervention research and robotics research, and critically evaluate its adherence and acceptability based o...

A social robot intervention on depression, loneliness, and quality of life for Taiwanese older adults in long-term care.

International psychogeriatrics
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effect of a social robot intervention on depression, loneliness, and quality of life of older adults in long-term care (LTC) and to explore participants' experiences and perceptions after the intervention.

Achieving affective human-virtual agent communication by enabling virtual agents to imitate positive expressions.

Scientific reports
Affective communication, communicating with emotion, during face-to-face communication is critical for social interaction. Advances in artificial intelligence have made it essential to develop affective human-virtual agent communication. A person's b...