Pattie Maes

Durably Reducing Belief in Women's Health Misinformation Through Culturally Adaptive AI Videos

Anku Rani, Kokil Jaidka, Shruti Sharma, Pragya Mahajan et autres

Health misinformation disproportionately harms women, yet interventions rarely address the community norms that sustain false beliefs. We test whether culturally adaptive AI-generated video in which the presenter looks like someone from her community reduces misinformation belief among low-literacy women in suburban India. …

Cyber-Physical Systems for Accessibility and Ability Augmentation: Bridging Diverse Communities

Shuchang Xu, Riku Arakawa, Mina Huh, Nandi Zhang et autres

The powerful convergence of wearables, robotics, extended reality, and smart environments is expanding the design space for cyber-physical systems (CPS) that support and augment human abilities in daily life. By sensing real-world contexts, modeling user needs, and providing situated assistance, these systems …

Exploring motor speech patterns in adults with minimally verbal autism spectrum disorder through surface electromyography

Nishat F. Protyasha, Serena Pei, James R. Williamson, Laura Sarnie et autres

Introduction: It is well known that standardized neuropsychological testing frequently fails to capture the true capacity and full range of abilities in individuals with minimally verbal autism spectrum disorder (mvASD) due to difficulties with motor speech skills. Here we used Surface Electromyography …

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RemiAssist: A Therapist-Supporting System for Photo-Based Reminiscence Therapy in Dementia Care

Shuchang Xu, Minglong Tang, Junyan Mao, Xiaofu Jin et autres

Despite growing interest in applying AI to photo-based reminiscence therapy (PRT) for people with dementia (PwD), existing systems primarily focus on PwD-AI interaction and often overlook therapists' critical role in practical PRT delivery. We present RemiAssist, a system that supports therapist-in-the-loop PRT …

RemiAssist: A Therapist-Supporting System for Photo-Based Reminiscence Therapy in Dementia Care

Shuchang Xu, Minglong Tang, Junyan Mao, Xiaofu Jin et autres

Despite growing interest in applying AI to photo-based reminiscence therapy (PRT) for people with dementia (PwD), existing systems primarily focus on PwD-AI interaction and often overlook therapists' critical role in practical PRT delivery. We present RemiAssist, a system that supports therapist-in-the-loop PRT …

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SonoPatch: Wearable Sonophoresis for On-Demand Physiological Modulation

Kye Shimizu, Nathan W. Whitmore, Yuyang Zhang, Aima Hossen et autres

Abstract Existing interfaces modulate user experience through visual, auditory, and haptic channels, but direct physiological modulation, which programmatically alters a user’s internal state, remains largely underexplored. We present a wearable sonophoresis patch that uses low-frequency acoustic stimulation to deliver psychoactive substances transdermally, …

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Targeted dream incubation at sleep onset can influence later dream content in REM sleep: a pilot study

Adam Haar Horowitz, Karen R. Konkoly, Michelle Carr, Robert Stickgold et autres

Targeted dream incubation (TDI) is a highly effective method for eliciting hypnagogic dreams related to specific topics through the presentation of verbal prompts and serial awakenings at sleep onset. In this pilot study, we tested whether TDI at sleep onset can effectively …

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AI agents are sensitive to nudges

Manuel Cherep, Pattie Maes, Nikhil Singh

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed as autonomous agents that make choices and use tools on behalf of users. Yet, we have limited evidence about how their decisions are shaped by their environment. We adapt a human decision-making task to test …

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Mental Health Effects of a Wearable Heartbeat-Synchronized Haptic Device

Nathan W. Whitmore, Minsol Kim, Phoebe Chua, Yuyang Zhang et autres

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Baseline Anxiety Shapes The Mental Health Effects of an Interoceptive Enhancement Intervention

Nathan Whitmore, Minsol Kim, Phoebe Chua, Yuyang Zhang et autres

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How AI and Human Behaviors Shape Psychosocial Effects of Extended Chatbot Use: A Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Study

Cathy Mengying Fang, Auren R. Liu, Valdemar Danry, Eunhae Lee et autres

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OceanChat: The Effect of Virtual Conversational AI Agents on Sustainable Attitude and Behavior Change

Pat Pataranutaporn, Alexander A. Doudkin, Pattie Maes

Marine ecosystems face unprecedented threats from climate change and plastic pollution, yet traditional environmental education often struggles to translate awareness into meaningful actions. This paper presents OceanChat, an interactive system leveraging large language models to create conversational AI agents represented as animated …

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