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Developing Embodied Conversational Agents for Coaching People towards a Healthy Lifestyle: A Scoping Review (Preprint)
2019
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Embodied conversational agents (ECAs) are animated computer characters that simulate face-to-face counseling. Owing to their capacity to establish and maintain an empathic relationship, they are deemed to be a promising tool for starting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. This review aimed to identify the current practices in designing and evaluating ECAs for coaching people in a healthy lifestyle and provide an overview of their efficacy (on behavioral, knowledge, and motivational
doi:10.2196/14058
pmid:32022693
pmcid:PMC7055763
fatcat:rlnpd2swajfpverdsw6radurae