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A Serious Game for Teaching Conflict Resolution to Children

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To learn how to manage conflict situations is essential for a healthier society. In this paper, we present a serious game scenario that aims at reinforcing this pro-social behaviour in children by using emotional agents as NPCs.

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  1. INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Av. Prof. Cavaco Silva, Taguspark, 2744-016, Porto Salvo, Portugal

    Joana Campos, Henrique Campos, Carlos Martinho & Ana Paiva

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  1. University of Montpellier & CNRS LIRMM, 161 rue Ada, 34095, Montpellier, France

    Stefano A. Cerri

  2. NASA and Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Human Centered Computing - Intelligent Systems Division, 94035, Moffett Field, CA, USA

    William J. Clancey

  3. Department of Applied Informatics and Multimedia, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, School of Applied Technology, Stavromenos, P.O.Box 1939, 71004, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Giorgos Papadourakis

  4. Neoanalysis Ltd., Marni 56, 10437, Athens, Greece

    Kitty Panourgia

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Campos, J., Campos, H., Martinho, C., Paiva, A. (2012). A Serious Game for Teaching Conflict Resolution to Children. In: Cerri, S.A., Clancey, W.J., Papadourakis, G., Panourgia, K. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7315. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30950-2_130

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