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Merijn Bruijnes
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Lilobot: A Cognitive Conversational Agent to Train Counsellors at Children’s Helplines
Design and Initial Evaluation
To equip new counsellors at a Dutch child helpline with the needed counselling skills, the helpline uses role-playing, a form of learning through simulation in which one counsellor-in-training portrays a child seeking help and the other portrays a counsellor. However, this proces
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The Artificial-Social-Agent (ASA) questionnaire is an instrument for evaluating human-ASA interaction. It consists of 19 constructs and related dimensions measured by either 24 questionnaire items (short version) or 90 questionnaire items (long version). The questionnaire was bui
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Counsellors at the child helpline offer a confidential environment for children to be heard and empowered. However, training counsellors on handling children’s conversations in text-based chat can be costly and time-consuming. This paper introduces Lilobot, a conversational agent
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Previous research shows that eating together (i.e., commensality) impacts food choice, time spent eating, and enjoyment. Conversely, eating alone is considered a possible cause of unhappiness. In this paper, we conceptually explore how interactive technology might allow for the c
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