TY - GEN
T1 - Similarity of the Impact of Humanoid and In-Person Communications on Frontal Brain Activity of Older People
AU - Keshmiri, Soheil
AU - Sumioka, Hidenobu
AU - Yamazaki Skov, Ryuji
AU - Okubo, Masataka
AU - Ishiguro, Hiroshi
PY - 2018/12/27
Y1 - 2018/12/27
N2 - We report results of the analyses of the effect of communication through a humanoid robot in comparison with in-person, video-chat, and speaker on frontal brain activity of older people during an storytelling experiment. Our results suggest that whereas communicating through a physically embodied medium potentially induces a significantly higher pattern of brain activation with respect to video-chat and speaker, its difference is non-significant in comparison with in-person communication. These results imply that communicating through a humanoid robot induces a pattern of brain activity in older people that is potentially similar to in-person communication. Our findings benefit researchers and practitioners in rehabilitation and elderly care facilities in search of effective means of communication with their patients to increase their involvement in the incremental steps of their treatments. Moreover, they imply the utility of brain information as a promising sensory gateway in characterization of the behavioural responses in human-robot interaction.
AB - We report results of the analyses of the effect of communication through a humanoid robot in comparison with in-person, video-chat, and speaker on frontal brain activity of older people during an storytelling experiment. Our results suggest that whereas communicating through a physically embodied medium potentially induces a significantly higher pattern of brain activation with respect to video-chat and speaker, its difference is non-significant in comparison with in-person communication. These results imply that communicating through a humanoid robot induces a pattern of brain activity in older people that is potentially similar to in-person communication. Our findings benefit researchers and practitioners in rehabilitation and elderly care facilities in search of effective means of communication with their patients to increase their involvement in the incremental steps of their treatments. Moreover, they imply the utility of brain information as a promising sensory gateway in characterization of the behavioural responses in human-robot interaction.
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U2 - 10.1109/IROS.2018.8594521
DO - 10.1109/IROS.2018.8594521
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85061990674
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
SP - 2286
EP - 2291
BT - 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2018
Y2 - 1 October 2018 through 5 October 2018
ER -