Psychological implications of domestic assistive technology for the elderly

PsychNology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-252

  Cesta, Amedeo ^a   Cortellessa, Gabriella ^a   Vittoria Giuliani, M ^a   Pecora, Federico ^a   Scopelliti, Massimiliano ^a   Tiberio, Lorenza ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Evaluation of human robot interactions; Intelligent sensorised environments; Perceived health; Socially assistive robots

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953154876     PISSN: 17207525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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