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Ana Paiva
Researcher at Instituto Superior Técnico
Publications - 501
Citations - 11347
Ana Paiva is an academic researcher from Instituto Superior Técnico. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social robot & Human–robot interaction. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 472 publications receiving 9626 citations. Previous affiliations of Ana Paiva include University of Lisbon & Harvard University.
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Affective Agents for Education Against Bullying
TL;DR: An overview of the FearNot! virtual drama system constructed for use in education against bullying is given and the motivation for the system is discussed and the chapter considers issues relating to believability.
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I've been here before!: location and appraisal in memory retrieval
TL;DR: An episodic memory retrieval model consisting of two main steps: location ecphory, in which the agent's current location is matched against stored memories associated locations; and recollective experience, inWhich memories that had a positive match are re-appraised.
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So tell me what happened: turning agent-based interactive drama into comics
TL;DR: A system that analyses story logs, looks at the characters' emotional information to understand their actions and their importance in the story, selects the most important events and creates comic strips that are effective when compared with showing the stories as they unfold.
Journal Article
e-Motional Learning in Primary Schools: FearNot! An Anti-Bullying Intervention Based on Virtual Role-Play with Intelligent Synthetic Characters.
Sibylle Enz,Carsten Zoll,Natalie Vannini,Wolfgang Schneider,Lynne Hall,Ana Paiva,Ruth Aylett +6 more
TL;DR: This paper shows how the FearNot! software application uses virtual role-play and autonomous agents to provide children aged eight to eleven years of age with the opportunity to visit a virtual school environment populated by 3D animated synthetic characters that engage in bullying episodes.
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The Power of a Hand-shake in Human-Robot Interactions
João Avelino,Plinio Moreno,Alexandre Bernardino,Filipa Correia,Ana Paiva,Joao Catarino,Pedro Ribeiro +6 more
TL;DR: The results show that a handshake increases the perception of Warmth, Animacy, Likeability, and the tendency to help the robot more, by removing the obstacle.