Background In the last few years, several studies have focused on describing and
understanding how virtual coaches (ie, coaching program or smart device aiming to provide …

Research on affective communication for socially assistive robots has been conducted to
enable physical robots to perceive, express, and respond emotionally. However, the use of …

As distance learning and large-scale learning environments continue to grow, interactive
knowledge distribution is becoming a more challenging task. Although studies show that …

Agent-based training systems can enhance people's social skills. The effective development
of these systems needs a comprehensive architecture that outlines their components and …

Human-agent interaction is increasingly influencing our personal and work lives through the
proliferation of conversational agents in various domains. As such, these agents combine …

Trust is not just a cognitive issue but also an emotional one, yet the research in human-AI
interactions has primarily focused on the cognitive route of trust development. Recent work …

In this paper, we present a computational model of emotions based on the context of an
Integrative Framework designed to model the interaction of cognition and emotion. In …

The aim of this work is to improve the modelling of intelligent agents that reproduce realistic
human behavior. BDI frameworks have been successfully used in this context and have …

Intelligent agents built on the basis of the BDI (belief–desire–intention) architecture are
known as BDI agents. Currently, due to the increasing importance given to the affective …

Many researchers realize that it's unrealistic to isolate language learning and processing
from emotions. However, few studies on language learning have taken emotions into …