A5011450569- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Persona Design and Applications
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Interactive and Immersive Displays
- Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- AI in Service Interactions
- Cognitive and psychological constructs research
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
Eindhoven University of Technology
2018-2024
HumanTotalCare (Netherlands)
2022-2024
University of Twente
2024
Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland)
2020-2021
This qualitative exploratory research paper presents a Manifesto for Digital Social Touch in Crisis - provocative call to action designers, developers and researchers rethink reimagine social touch through deeper engagement with the sensory aspects of touch. is motivated by concerns that crisis signaled decline over past 2 decades, problematics inappropriate touch, well documented impact lack on communication, relationships, well-being health. These shape how enters digital realm raise...
Previous work has shown that technology can facilitate the communication of emotions, social touch, and presence through haptic devices, meaning devices provide a stimulation. However, for special user groups living in long-term care facilities, such as people with dementia, applications these are not apparent. The aim this study is to understand how be used intramural facilities times isolation, focusing on utilize sensation. Five were tested at three facilities. Insights from highlight...
Older adults often desire to remain in their homes for as long possible, and Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) can play a role supporting this goal. However, the acceptance adoption rates of SARs relatively low, suggesting that current designs may not fully address all user needs. Field studies Human-Robot Interaction, particularly those involving multiple end-users, limited. Nevertheless, such are crucial identifying factors shape experience with SARs, potentially improving healthcare...
Although the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-based technologies, such as AI-based decision support systems (AI-DSSs), can help sustain and improve quality efficiency care, their deployment creates ethical social challenges. In recent years, a growing prevalence high-level guidelines frameworks for responsible AI innovation has been observed. However, few studies have specified embedding AI-DSSs, in specific contexts, nursing process long-term care (LTC) older adults.
Over the years, there has been an increase in development of assistive technologies. To date, stages dementia that these technologies can be best implemented underexplored. In previous work, researchers developed infographic providing guidance on when to introduce for people with dementia, and although this is relevant, it was based solely experience authors during various national international projects. However, studies have conducted use implementation technology information care should...
Over the years there has been an increase in development of assistive technologies (AT’s). The implementation and scaling AT’s at care organizations remains challenging. Moreover, to date, it underexplored during which stages dementia these can be best implemented. Previous work developed infographic providing guidance on when introduce for people with dementia. Although this is relevant, was based solely experience authors various national international projects. However, over a wide spread...
Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) require an early-stage assessment of potential societal and ethical implications to increase their acceptability, desirability, sustainability. This paper explores compares 2 these approaches: the responsible innovation (RI) framework originating from technology studies co-design approach design studies. While RI has been introduced guide through anticipation, inclusion, reflexivity, responsiveness, is a commonly accepted in...
Affective haptic devices (AHDs) are communication technologies utilizing the sense of touch, and include mediated social touch (MST), symbolic messaging, awareness systems that, for example, let one feel another person's heartbeat. The COVID-19 pandemic consequent distancing measures have led to a reemphasis importance many people experienced firsthand what it is like miss touching loved ones. This offers an excellent opportunity study people's intention use AHDs. For this purpose, survey (...
Social touch is essential to human development and communication. Mediated social suggested as a solution for circumstances where distance prevents skin-to-skin contact. However, past research aimed at demonstrating efficacy of mediated in reducing stress promoting helping have produced mixed findings. These inconsistent findings could possibly be due insufficient control contextual factors combined with unnatural interaction scenarios. For example, occurs less frequently among strangers...
Mediated social touch (MST) provides physical contact over a distance for geographically separated individuals. Despite advances in actuator technologies, it remains difficult to recreate the feel and sensation of natural human touch. Combining with morphologically congruent visual feedback may overcome limitations related low fidelity current-day tactile displays. Being able both see act being initiated on an input device could enhance perceived realism touches. In two studies, we test...
The number of people with an age above 65 is increasing, and many live longer. Most seniors prefer to stay at their own home. Within the area ambient assisted living (AAL) technology solutions have been aimed assist in challenges that can arise when wanting independently. However, acceptance has rather low, also due stigmatization using assistive systems. New technologies, such as smartwatch, which unobtrusive not recognized device by outsiders, potential improve autonomy independence...
The social and sensory aspects of touch are critical for human communication, yet the challenges haptic technology development a focus on technological means that digital communication often fails to realise potential promise touch. Manifesto Digital Social Touch in Crisis responds this through call action rethink reimagine It offers 10 provocative statements as resource how designers, developers researchers might touch, foreground these more design.
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Although the use of artificial intelligence (AI)–based technologies, such as AI-based decision support systems (AI-DSSs), can help sustain and improve quality efficiency care, their deployment creates ethical social challenges. In recent years, a growing prevalence high-level guidelines frameworks for responsible AI innovation has been observed. However, few studies have specified embedding AI-DSSs, in specific contexts, nursing process long-term care (LTC)...
Introduction With a decreasing workforce of carers and transition from care homes to home care, people with dementia (PwD) increasingly rely on informal caregivers (ICs) assistive technologies (ATs). There is growing evidence that ATs in the environment can reduce workload for formal (FCs) ICs, costs, have positive influence quality life (QoL) PwD their caregivers. In practice, using multiple still often implies different separate point solutions applications. However, integral, combined use...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) require an early-stage assessment of potential societal and ethical implications to increase their acceptability, desirability, sustainability. This paper explores compares 2 these approaches: the responsible innovation (RI) framework originating from technology studies co-design approach design studies. While RI has been introduced guide through anticipation, inclusion, reflexivity, responsiveness, is...