Socially assistive robotic music therapist for maintaining attention of older adults with cognitive impairments

AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn FS-08-02, Issue , 2008, Pages 124-127

  Tapus, Adriana ^a   Matarić, Maja J ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; ASSISTIVE ROBOTICS; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUSIC THERAPISTS; OLDER ADULTS; SOCIALLY ASSISTIVE ROBOTICS (SAR);

ROBOTICS;

EID: 65649095158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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