Voice-based Conversational Agents (CAs) are increasingly being used by children. Through
a review of 38 research papers, this work maps trends, themes, and methods of empirical …

Highlights•A review of conversational agent co-design studies.•The review looks at what
studies took place and how they were conducted.•Findings show variations across …

Growing up in an artificial intelligence-filled world, with Siri and Amazon Alexa often within
arm's—or speech's—reach, could have significant impact on children. Conversational …

Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) show promise in hel** children during therapeutic and
clinical interventions. However, using SARs for the evaluation of mental wellbeing of …

Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD) are a group of conditions with onset in the
developmental period characterized by deficits in the cognitive and social areas …

Embodied cognition is a concept that has been extensively explored by scholars within the
Child–Computer Interaction community. However, there is a lack of a synthesis of this …

Difficulty in emotion expression and recognition is typical of the personality trait known as
alexithymia, which is often observed in persons with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) …

Socially assistive robots (SARs) have been shown to be promising therapy tools for children
with primary or co-occurring language impairments (eg, developmental language disorder …

Medical virtual agents (VAs) hold great potential to support patients in achieving their health
goals, especially at times or in regions where the demand for physiological and …

Educational television programs are important learning resources for young children,
especially those from underresourced households. These programs' potential can be …