Master challenging motor development concepts and confidently apply them in practice in
such areas as Exercise Science, Physical Therapy, and Occupational Therapy with this …

Building Intelligent Interactive Tutors discusses educational systems that assess a student's
knowledge and are adaptive to a student's learning needs. The impact of computers has not …

This volume is the first to offer an overview on metaphor and gesture—a new multi-
disciplinary area of research. Scholars of metaphor have been paying increasing attention to …

This research shows that AI-based conversational interfaces can have a profound impact on
consumer–brand relationships. We develop a conceptual model of verbal embodiment in …

MACH--My Automated Conversation coacH--is a novel system that provides ubiquitous
access to social skills training. The system includes a virtual agent that reads facial …

To characterize the neural correlates of being personally involved in social interaction as
opposed to being a passive observer of social interaction between others we performed an …

People of all ages, cultures and backgrounds gesture when they speak. These hand
movements are so natural and pervasive that researchers across many fields–from …

Conversational agents are attributed humanlike characteristics; in particular, they are often
assumed to have a gender. There is evidence that gender sets up expectations that have an …

This paper introduces the Finite-State Turn-Taking Machine (FSTTM), a new model to
control the turn-taking behavior of conversational agents. Based on a non-deterministic finite …

Communication is critical for normal, everyday life. During a conversation, information is
conveyed in a number of ways, including through body, head, and facial changes. While …