Robot Therapy for Prevention of Dementia at Home – Results of Preliminary Experiment

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 691-697

  Wada, Kazuyoshi ^a   Shibata, Takanori ^b   Asada, Takashi ^c   Musha, Toshimitsu ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d Brain Functions Lab Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

dementia; human robot interaction; mental commitment robot; psychotherapy; robot therapy

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA PATIENTS; DIAGNOSIS METHODS; ETHICS COMMITTEE; HUMANS-ROBOT INTERACTIONS; MENTAL COMMITMENT ROBOT; NEURONAL DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; ROBOT THERAPY;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

EID: 52949097159     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2007.p0691     Document Type: Article

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