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CHI
2011
ACM
12 years 8 months ago
In the shadow of misperception: assistive technology use and social interactions
Few research studies focus on how the use of assistive technologies is affected by social interaction among people. We present an interview study of 20 individuals to determine ho...
Kristen Shinohara, Jacob O. Wobbrock
VR
2010
IEEE
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13 years 3 months ago
Relating conversational expressiveness to social presence and acceptance of an assistive social robot
Exploring the relationship between social presence, conversational expressiveness, and robot acceptance, we set up an experiment with a robot in an eldercare institution, comparing...
Marcel Heerink, Ben J. A. Kröse, Vanessa Ever...
CHI
2011
ACM
12 years 8 months ago
Classroom-based assistive technology: collective use of interactive visual schedules by students with autism
vSked is an interactive and collaborative assistive technology for students with autism, combining visual schedules, choice boards, and a token-based reward system into an integra...
Meg Cramer, Sen H. Hirano, Monica Tentori, Michael...
ASSETS
2010
ACM
13 years 3 months ago
Investigating meaning in uses of assistive devices: implications of social and professional contexts
sible goal crossing desktop widgets. Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. (Boston, Massachusetts April 4-9, 2009). CHI '09. ACM, New...
Kristen Shinohara
PSYCHNOLOGY
2007
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13 years 4 months ago
Psychological Implications of Domestic Assistive Technology for the Elderly
The ROBOCARE Domestic Environment (RDE) is the result of a three-year project aimed at developing cognitive support technology for elderly people. Specifically, the domestic envir...
Amedeo Cesta, Gabriella Cortellessa, Vittoria Giul...