With robotics rapidly advancing, more effective human–robot interaction is increasingly
needed to realize the full potential of robots for society. While spoken language must be part …

Purpose Conversational agents (chatbots, avatars and robots) are increasingly substituting
human employees in service encounters. Their presence offers many potential benefits, but …

As virtual agents become prevalent in many domains, virtual influencers have gone live on
social media platforms, integrating human networks and interacting with users. Building on …

Technological advancements allow the automation of every part of job interviews
(information acquisition, information analysis, action selection, action implementation) …

Empirical studies have repeatedly shown that autonomous artificial entities, so-called
embodied conversational agents, elicit social behavior on the part of the human interlocutor …

We discuss our approach to developing a novel modality for the computer-delivery of Brief
Motivational Interventions (BMIs) for behavior change in the form of a personalized On …

Recent research has established the potential for virtual characters to establish rapport with
humans through simple contingent nonverbal behaviors. We hypothesized that the …

Language is more than words: it includes the prosodic features and patterns that we use,
subconsciously, to frame meanings and achieve our goals in our interaction with others …

Conversational agents are increasingly used to substitute or augment human service
employees. Due to their ability to use human‐like communicative behaviors, these agents …

Despite the many advantages of computer-assisted data collection, it is unclear if, when, or
under what conditions embodied conversational agents (ie, ECA, virtual humans) can …