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Design and Usability of Consumer Health Tech and Home Monitoring Devices (326) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (740) New Methods (1134) New Services for the Elderly (67) Usability and Technology Use Studies with Elder Subjects (271)

Published on in Vol 7, No 3 (2020): Jul-Sep

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/19987, first published .
Embodied Conversational Agent Appearance for Health Assessment of Older Adults: Explorative Study

Embodied Conversational Agent Appearance for Health Assessment of Older Adults: Explorative Study

Embodied Conversational Agent Appearance for Health Assessment of Older Adults: Explorative Study

Authors of this article:

Silke ter Stal1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Marijke Broekhuis1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Lex van Velsen1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Hermie Hermens1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Monique Tabak1, 2 Author Orcid Image
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