The comforting presence of relational agents

Authors:
Timothy Bickmore;Daniel Schulman
Affiliations:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA;Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Venue:
CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2006

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Abstract

In this paper we describe an on-going experiment on the calming effects of a relational agent on users following a social bonding interaction. Applications to a range of health care problems are discussed.