Game-based human-robot interaction promotes self-disclosure in people with visual impairments and intellectual disabilities

Jelle Jan de Groot, Emilia Barakova, Tino Lourens, Evelien van Wingerden, Paula Sterkenburg

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    Abstract

    The willingness to share personal information about negative social experiences is of great importance for the effectiveness of robot-mediated social therapies. This paper reports the results of a pilot test on the effectiveness of using a game or a conversation on achieving a higher self-disclosure in people with visual and intellectual disabilities. The participants interacted with a humanoid robot NAO. Comparable game-based and conversation-based interaction were implemented. We measured the length of the self-disclosing sentences during the two interactions. The majority of the participants said that they preferred the conversation-based over the game-based interaction. The results indicate that during the game-based interaction the participants used much longer self-disclosing sentences in comparison with the to be conversation-based interaction. The outcomes of this pilot will help to improve the human-robot interactions for promoting self-disclosure as the first step in a research project that aims to alleviate worrying behavior in this user group.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationUnderstanding the Brain Function and Emotions - 8th International Work-Conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2019, Proceedings
    EditorsJosé Ramón Álvarez-Sánchez, Félix de la Paz López, José Manuel Ferrández Vicente, Javier Toledo Moreo, Hojjat Adeli
    Place of PublicationCham
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages262-272
    Number of pages11
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-19591-5
    ISBN (Print)978-3-030-19590-8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019
    Event8th International Work-Conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2019 - Almería, Spain
    Duration: 3 Jun 20197 Jun 2019

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    Volume11486 LNCS
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

    Conference

    Conference8th International Work-Conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2019
    Country/TerritorySpain
    CityAlmería
    Period3/06/197/06/19

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