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Open-domain chatbots engage with users in natural conversations to socialize and establish bonds. However, designing and developing an effective open-domain chatbot is challenging. It is unclear what qualities of a chatbot most correspond to users' expecta ...

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2022

Activities, Housing Situation and Other Factors Influencing Psychological Strain Experienced During the First COVID-19 Lockdown in Switzerland

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Anna Pagani, Garance Clément, Livia Bianca Fritz, Ralph Hansmann

Background: The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis and the corresponding first nationwide lockdown from mid-March to 10 May 2020 engendered considerable psychological strain among people in Switzerland. This study analyzes determinants of changes i ...

2021

On Sensitivity to Glare and Its Relationship with Macular Pigment

Marilyne Andersen, Jan Wienold, Sneha Jain

Current trends in discomfort glare research have suggested the influence of physiological parameters on individual glare perception. To this end, we hypothesize that a specific ocular physiology characteristic, namely the macular pigment (MP) in the retina ...

2021

Designing Gamified Activities with Haptic-Enabled Tangible Robots for Therapy and Assistance

Arzu Güneysu Özgür

In this thesis, we contribute to the field of rehabilitation robotics by designing haptic-enabledtangible robot-based activities and exploring their added value for therapy and assistance.The research specifically focuses on the design and development of g ...

EPFL2021

Triple Network Model Dynamically Revisited: Lower Salience Network State Switching in Pre-psychosis

Dimitri Nestor Alice Van De Ville, Thomas William Arthur Bolton

Emerging evidence has attributed altered network coordination between the default mode, central executive, and salience networks (DMN/CEN/SAL) to disturbances seen in schizophrenia, but little is known for at-risk psychosis stages. Moreover, pinpointing im ...

2020

Cognitive neuroprosthetics for investigating and restoring body perception

Marco Solcà

Our brain constantly receives and integrates a flow of multisensory bodily inputs that are responsible for the way our body is represented and consciously experienced. However, in some pathological conditions, patients might experience altered perceptions ...

EPFL2019

Soft actuation and sensing towards robot-assisted facial rehabilitation

Jamie Paik, Amir Firouzeh

Continuing research efforts in robot-assisted rehabilitation demand more adaptable and inherently soft wearable devices. A wearable rehabilitative device is required to follow the motion of the body and to provide assistive or corrective motions to restore ...

2017

Evaluating anorexia-related brain atrophy using MP2RAGE-based morphometry

Tobias Kober, Bénédicte Marie Maréchal, Alexis Roche, François Lazeyras

To evaluate brain atrophy in anorexic patients by automated cerebral segmentation with the magnetization-prepared 2 rapid acquisition gradient echo (MP2RAGE) MRI sequence. Twenty patients (female; mean age, 27.9 years), presenting consecutively for brain M ...

Springer2017

Neuroprosthetic System Restoring Upper Limb Function Through Coordinated Electrical Stimulation

Andrea Biasiucci, Andrea Maesani

Neuroprosthetic device for restoring daily-life action movements of upper limbs in patients suffering from motor impairments. The neuroprosthetic device comprises several non-invasive electrodes adapted to be fixed on a patient body, in a way as to stimula ...

2016

An Implantable High-Voltage Cortical Stimulator for Post-stroke Rehabilitation Enhancement with High-Current Driving Capacity

Alexandre Schmid, Mustafa Kilic

This paper presents a high-voltage, high-current implantable cortical stimulation integrated circuit aiming at supporting rehabilitation of patients suffering from stroke. In this context, a large area of the motor cortex needs to be stimulated, requiring ...

2015

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