Virtual coach for mindfulness meditation training

AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn SS-11-01, Issue , 2011, Pages 17-24

  Hudlicka, Eva ^a  

^a Psychometrix Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EVALUATION STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; MIXED INITIATIVE; NATURAL LANGUAGE DIALOGUE; WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 80051488576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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