Conceptual Design of a Socially Intelligent Agent with Triadic Empathy and Theory of Mind for Mental Health Support

Authors

  • Azizi Ab Aziz Universiti Utara Malaysia
  • Mohamad Farif Jemili Universiti Utara Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/humentech.v1n1.12

Keywords:

Emphatic robot, Social presence, Cognitive modeling, Therapeutic robot, Human-robot interaction

Abstract

For socially intelligent agents to become a fully digital therapist to support individual with mental health problem in the future, they need to know how to socially interact with humans. One of the key ingredients to allow this skill to take place is an ability to exhibit empathic behaviours. Despite a number of socially intelligent agents were build with empathic behaviour, they only cover single empathy behaviour, contrary to more complex triadic empathic behaviours. In this article, the conceptual design and model to implement triadic empathy in socially intelligent agents is presented.

Published

06-02-2022

How to Cite

Ab Aziz, A., & Jemili, M. F. (2022). Conceptual Design of a Socially Intelligent Agent with Triadic Empathy and Theory of Mind for Mental Health Support. Journal of Human Centered Technology, 1(1), 23–33. https://doi.org/10.11113/humentech.v1n1.12

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