Effect of a human-type communication robot on cognitive function in elderly women living alone

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Tanaka, Masaaki ^a   Ishii, Akira ^a   Yamano, Emi ^a   Ogikubo, Hiroki ^b   Okazaki, Masatsugu ^b   Kamimura, Kazuro ^b   Konishi, Yasuharu ^c   Emoto, Shigeru ^b   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^a,d  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b PIP Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c ROBOLUTION Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Elderly; Human type communication robot; Living alone; Women

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTIVATION; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; ROBOTICS; SALIVA LEVEL; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 84866058980     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.883350     Document Type: Article

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