A taxonomy of social cues for conversational agents

J Feine, U Gnewuch, S Morana, A Maedche - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Conversational agents (CAs) are software-based systems designed to interact with humans
using natural language and have attracted considerable research interest in recent years …

Digital therapeutic alliance with fully automated mental health smartphone apps: a narrative review

F Tong, R Lederman, S D'Alfonso, K Berry… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fully automated mental health smartphone apps show strong promise in increasing access
to psychological support. Therefore, it is crucial to understand how to make these apps …

Artificial intelligence service recovery: The role of empathic response in hospitality customers' continuous usage intention

X Lv, Y Yang, D Qin, X Cao, H Xu - Computers in Human Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence (AI) service failures are inevitable in hospitality companies; thus, how AI
service recovery retains customers is an issue that cannot be ignored. This article focuses …

Better to be frustrated than bored: The incidence, persistence, and impact of learners' cognitive–affective states during interactions with three different computer-based …

RSJ Baker, SK D'Mello, MMT Rodrigo… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
We study the incidence (rate of occurrence), persistence (rate of reoccurrence immediately
after occurrence), and impact (effect on behavior) of students' cognitive–affective states …

Effectiveness of an empathic chatbot in combating adverse effects of social exclusion on mood

M De Gennaro, EG Krumhuber, G Lucas - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
From past research it is well known that social exclusion has detrimental consequences for
mental health. To deal with these adverse effects, socially excluded individuals frequently …

It'sa Match! The effects of chatbot anthropomorphization and chatbot gender on consumer behavior

A Zogaj, PM Mähner, L Yang, DK Tscheulin - Journal of Business Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Chatbots are increasingly used as substitutes for human service agents in online shops.
This has led researchers to analyze how chatbot characteristics influence consumer …

[HTML][HTML] A smartphone-based health care chatbot to promote self-management of chronic pain (SELMA): pilot randomized controlled trial

S Hauser-Ulrich, H Künzli… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2020 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Ongoing pain is one of the most common diseases and has major physical,
psychological, social, and economic impacts. A mobile health intervention utilizing a fully …

Making social robots more attractive: the effects of voice pitch, humor and empathy

A Niculescu, B Van Dijk, A Nijholt, H Li… - International journal of …, 2013 - Springer
In this paper we explore how simple auditory/verbal features of the spoken language, such
as voice characteristics (pitch) and language cues (empathy/humor expression) influence …

Gender bias in chatbot design

J Feine, U Gnewuch, S Morana, A Maedche - Chatbot Research and …, 2020 - Springer
A recent UNESCO report reveals that most popular voice-based conversational agents are
designed to be female. In addition, it outlines the potentially harmful effects this can have on …

Voice artificial intelligence service failure and customer complaint behavior: The mediation effect of customer emotion

B Li, L Liu, W Mao, Y Qu, Y Chen - Electronic Commerce Research and …, 2023 - Elsevier
According to the literature, customer service failure and negative customer reactions are
closely associated. However, there has been little exploration of the relationship between …