Mental health promotion with animated characters: Exploring issues and potential

AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn SS-08-04, Issue , 2008, Pages 72-79

  Lisetti, Christine L ^a   Wagner, Eric ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBODIED CONVERSATIONAL AGENTS; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL AGENTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIORS; TECHNICAL REPORTS;

SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 52449115992     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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