An assistive conversation skills training system for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's Disease

AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn FS-04-04, Issue , 2004, Pages 44-49

  Green, Nancy ^a   Lawton, William ^a   Davis, Boyd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; ANIMATED CHARACTERS; ASSISTIVE CONVERSATIONAL SKILLS; SKILLS TRAINING SYSTEMS;

DISEASE CONTROL;

EID: 32844467610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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