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User Gaze Behavior while Discussing Substance Use with a Virtual Agent

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IVA '18: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents

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Substance misuse is a major public health problem worldwide, and substance use counseling represents an important application domain for virtual agents. We report the design of a virtual counseling agent for alcohol use disorder, and a study of user gaze for individuals with different levels of alcohol use.

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IVA '18: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents

November 2018

381 pages

ISBN:9781450360135

DOI:10.1145/3267851

Conference Chairs:
Anton Bogdanovych
Western Sydney University
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Deborah Richards
Macquarie University
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Simeon Simoff
Western Sydney University
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Catherine Pelachaud
CNRS - ISIR, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
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Dirk Heylen
University of Twente
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Tomas Trescak
Western Sydney University

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