BACKGROUND: Loneliness is a distressing feeling that influences well-being. Immigrants' experience of acculturation to a new dominant culture places them at risk for maladaptive behaviors and daily rhythms leading to loneliness. Identifying daily-liv...
International journal of neural systems
Dec 6, 2025
In a world where social interaction presents challenges for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), robots are stepping in as allies in emotional learning. This study examined how affective interactions with a humanoid robot elicited physiologi...
Action-oriented approaches to cognition which emphasize the constitutive role of sensorimotor patterns for perception are gaining importance for the study of cognitive processes in the human brain as well as for endowing artificial agents with cognit...
Integrative psychological & behavioral science
Oct 31, 2025
This paper introduces Speech Act Deflection and Misalignment Analysis (SADMA), an AI-assisted methodology for identifying conversational misalignments that reveal underlying interpersonal dynamics. Grounded in a "meaning-as-a-response" framework-comb...
Communication with artificial agents, such as virtual characters and social robots, is becoming more prevalent, making it crucial to understand how their behaviours can best support social interaction. Eye gaze is a key communicative behaviour, as it...
PURPOSE: It is important to explore the relationship between humans and chatbots to improve human-robot interaction in the era of artificial intelligence. This study aims to explore the effects of attractions and social attributes of chatbots on user...
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...
The rise in online interactions has introduced multiple challenges, including confusion during virtual meetings and fatigue associated with prolonged video conferencing. To address these issues, this study advocates using computer graphics (CG) avata...
Social aversion is a key feature of numerous mental health disorders, yet we lack adequate behavioral tools to interrogate social aversion in model systems. Here, we developed a behavioral task-selective access to unrestricted social interaction (SAU...
Concurrent developments in robotic design and natural language processing (NLP) have enabled the production of humanoid chatbots that can operate in commercial and community settings. Though still novel, the presence of physically embodied social rob...
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