An Affective and Cognitive Toy to Support Mood Disorders

Informatics

Iván González¹  Luis Cabañero-Gómez¹  Esperanza Johnson¹  Ramón Hervás¹  Jesús Fontecha¹  Tania Mondéjar¹ 

[1] Department of Technologies and Information Systems, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain;

关键词: human–computer interaction;    affective computing;    cognitive computing;    sensorized toy;    emotion;    embodied conversational agent;   

DOI  :  10.3390/informatics7040048

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Affective computing is a branch of artificial intelligence that aims at processing and interpreting emotions. In this study, we implemented sensors/actuators into a stuffed toy mammoth, which allows the toy to have an affective and cognitive basis to its communication. The goal is for therapists to use this as a tool during their therapy sessions that work with patients with mood disorders. The toy detects emotion and provides a dialogue that would guide a session aimed at working with emotional regulation and perception. These technical capabilities are possible by employing IBM Watson’s services, implemented into a Raspberry Pi Zero. In this paper, we delve into its evaluation with neurotypical adolescents, a panel of experts, and other professionals. The evaluation aims were to perform a technical and application validation for use in therapy sessions. The results of the evaluations are generally positive, with an 87% accuracy for emotion recognition, and an average usability score of 77.5 for experts (n = 5), and 64.35 for professionals (n = 23). We add to that information some of the issues encountered, its effects on applicability, and future work to be done.

【 授权许可】

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