Case study in choosing a graphical character to support reminiscence therapy for those living with dementia

Matthew Aylett; Katerina Pappa; Mei Yii Lim; Ruth Aylett; Bruce Wilson; Mario Parra

doi:10.1145/3652988.3673964

Case study in choosing a graphical character to support reminiscence therapy for those living with dementia

Matthew Aylett, Katerina Pappa, Mei Yii Lim, Ruth Aylett, Bruce Wilson, Mario Parra

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Abstract

The present study describes the process employed to identify a suitable intelligent virtual agent (IVA) for the AMPER App supporting reminiscence therapy for those living with dementia through the use of a facilitating agent. This included three distinct phases: 1) co-creation with project stakeholders and identification of a set of desirable IVA traits; 2) a blind internal team rating process to select a subset from available IVAs; 3) a character survey with healthy older adults to select a final 4 IVAs (2 male, 2 female). We analyse the results, assess inter-subject agreement, and suggest guidelines for IVA selection.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IVA '24
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 24th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
Place of Publication	New York, NY
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3652988.3673964
Publication status	Published - 26 Dec 2024
Event	24th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 16 Sept 2024 → 19 Sept 2024 https://iva.acm.org/2024/

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
Publisher	ACM

Conference

Conference	24th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	16/09/24 → 19/09/24
Internet address	https://iva.acm.org/2024/

Funding

Support for this research was provided by EPSRC (AMPER: award number EP/V056131/1, EP/V05564X/1 and designing Conversational Assistants to Reduce Gender Bias: award number EP/T023767/1).

Keywords

social agents
dementia
intelligent virtual agent
reminiscence therapy

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Aylett, M., Pappa, K., Lim, M. Y., Aylett, R., Wilson, B., & Parra, M. (2024). Case study in choosing a graphical character to support reminiscence therapy for those living with dementia. In IVA '24: Proceedings of the 24th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents Article 29 (Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents).. https://doi.org/10.1145/3652988.3673964

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Aylett, M, Pappa, K, Lim, MY, Aylett, R, Wilson, B & Parra, M 2024, Case study in choosing a graphical character to support reminiscence therapy for those living with dementia. in IVA '24: Proceedings of the 24th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents., 29, Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, New York, NY, 24th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 16/09/24. https://doi.org/10.1145/3652988.3673964

Case study in choosing a graphical character to support reminiscence therapy for those living with dementia. / Aylett, Matthew; Pappa, Katerina; Lim, Mei Yii et al.
IVA '24: Proceedings of the 24th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. New York, NY, 2024. 29 (Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents).

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Aylett M, Pappa K, Lim MY, Aylett R, Wilson B, Parra M. Case study in choosing a graphical character to support reminiscence therapy for those living with dementia. In IVA '24: Proceedings of the 24th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. New York, NY. 2024. 29. (Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents). doi: 10.1145/3652988.3673964

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