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A Paro robot reduces the stressful effects of environmental noise

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The present study 1 investigates the effects of interacting with a Paro robot on physiological stress responses (eg. skin conductance response). Participants were asked to stroke a Paro robot, a bolster, or to rest, before listening to a stressful sound. The results indicate that interacting with a Paro robot helps to reduce responses to noise-induced stress.

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Raihah Aminuddin and Amanda Sharkey. 2016. Does interacting with a robot reduce your physiological stress response? In New Friends 2016 - 2nd International Conference on Social Robots in Therapy and Education. Barcelona, 1--2.
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Lisa Goines and Louis Hagler. 2007. Noise pollution: a modem plague. The Southern medical journal 100, 3 (2007), 287--294.
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Teruaki Mitsui, Takanori Shibata, Kazuyoshi Wada, Akihiro Touda, and Kazuo Tanie. 2001. Psychophysiological effects by interaction with mental commit robot. In Proceedings 2001 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.
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Sarah M. Rabbitt, Alan E. Kazdin, and Brian Scassellati. 2015. Integrating socially assistive robotics into mental healthcare interventions: Applications and recommendations for expanded use. Clinical Psychology Review 35 (2015), 35--46.
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    ECCE '17: Proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics
    September 2017
    214 pages
    ISBN:9781450352567
    DOI:10.1145/3121283
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    1. Paro
    2. noise
    3. physiological measures
    4. seal robot
    5. skin conductance responses
    6. stress

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    • (2022)"That's Something for Children"Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/34928506:GROUP(1-35)Online publication date: 14-Jan-2022
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