Addressing loneliness and isolation in older adults: Proactive affective agents provide better support

Proceedings - 2013 Humaine Association Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 61-66

  Ring, Lazlo ^a   Barry, Barbara ^a   Totzke, Kathleen ^a   Bickmore, Timothy ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective computing; ECA; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE COMPUTING; AGENT-BASED SYSTEMS; ECA; OLDER ADULTS; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIETAL PROBLEMS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS;

EID: 84893234974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACII.2013.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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