Outputs (2)

Eldertainment or functional necessity? How virtual agents affect the home lives of people with dementia using the quality of life (QoL-AD) scale (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
De Jong, M., Hettinga, M., Stara, V., Evers, V., & Li, J. (2019, September). Eldertainment or functional necessity? How virtual agents affect the home lives of people with dementia using the quality of life (QoL-AD) scale. Presented at UbiComp '19: The 2019 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, London, UK

A large literature evaluates how virtual agents impact the lives of people with dementia using perceptions of technology. We assess how a home virtual agent from "Living Well with Anne" impacts the quality of life of elderly with dementia rather than... Read More about Eldertainment or functional necessity? How virtual agents affect the home lives of people with dementia using the quality of life (QoL-AD) scale.

Closeness with Robots as Social Partners (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., Sirkin, D., Van Erp, J., & Van Riemsdijk, B. (2019, March). Closeness with Robots as Social Partners. Presented at 2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Daegu, Korea (South)

HRI researchers have explored how people behave toward technology agents, advancing the concept that people can attain “closeness” with technology itself in addition to a living social partner. Yet the topic of closeness with robots has not been full... Read More about Closeness with Robots as Social Partners.