Attention, intentions, and the structure of discourse
Computational Linguistics
Transition network grammars for natural language analysis
Readings in natural language processing
The impact of animated interface agents: a review of empirical research
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
BEAT: the Behavior Expression Animation Toolkit
Proceedings of the 28th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques
Negotiated Collusion: Modeling Social Language and its Relationship Effects in Intelligent Agents
User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction
CHI '04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Acceptance and usability of a relational agent interface by urban older adults
CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Establishing and maintaining long-term human-computer relationships
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Modalities for building relationships with handheld computer agents
CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Health dialog systems for patients and consumers
Journal of Biomedical Informatics - Special issue: Dialog systems for health communications
Public displays of affect: deploying relational agents in public spaces
CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
iTV as a Platform for Rich Multimedia Reminders for People with Dementia
EUROITV '08 Proceedings of the 6th European conference on Changing Television Environments
CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Context awareness in a handheld exercise agent
Pervasive and Mobile Computing
Persuading users through counseling dialogue with a conversational agent
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Persuasive Technology
A virtual laboratory for studying long-term relationships between humans and virtual agents
Proceedings of The 8th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 1
Attitudinal and Intentional Acceptance of Domestic Robots by Younger and Older Adults
UAHCI '09 Proceedings of the 5th International on ConferenceUniversal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Part II: Intelligent and Ubiquitous Interaction Environments
Engagement vs. Deceit: Virtual Humans with Human Autobiographies
IVA '09 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
Review: Computer use by older adults: A multi-disciplinary review
Computers in Human Behavior
Maintaining reality: Relational agents for antipsychotic medication adherence
Interacting with Computers
Response to a relational agent by hospital patients with depressive symptoms
Interacting with Computers
Relational agents improve engagement and learning in science museum visitors
IVA'11 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Intelligent virtual agents
Why fat interface characters are better e-health advisors
IVA'06 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
Do you remember that shop?: computational model of spatial memory for shopping companion robots
HRI '12 Proceedings of the seventh annual ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Waiting for learning: designing interactive educational materials for patient waiting areas
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Designing relational agents as long term social companions for older adults
IVA'12 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
Empirical validation of an accommodation theory-based model of user-agent relationship
IVA'12 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
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Relational agents-computational artifacts designed to build and maintain long-term social-emotional relationships with users-may provide an effective interface modality for older adults. This is especially true when the agents use simulated face-to-face conversation as the primary communication medium, and for applications in which repeated interactions over long time periods are required, such as in health behavior change. In this article, we discuss the design of a relational agent for older adults that plays the role of an exercise advisor, and report on the results of a longitudinal study involving 21 adults aged 62-84, half of whom interacted with the agent daily for 2 months in their homes and half who served as a standard-of-care control. Results indicate the agent was accepted and liked, and was significantly more efficacious at increasing physical activity (daily steps walked) than the control.