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“FearNot!”: a computer-based anti-bullying-programme designed to foster peer intervention
(2010)
Bullying is widespread in European schools, despite multiple intervention strategies having been proposed over the years. The present study investigates the effects of a novel virtual learning strategy (“FearNot!”) to ...
Inter-cultural differences in response to a computer based anti-bullying intervention
(2010)
Background and purpose: Many holistic anti-bullying interventions have been attempted, with mixed success, while little work has been done to promote a 'self-help' approach to victimisation. The rise of the ICT curriculum ...
FearNot! An Anti-Bullying Intervention: Evaluation of an Interactive Virtual Learning Environment
(The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (AISB), 2007)
Exploring the Design Space of Robot Appearance and Behavior in an Attention-Seeking Living Room Scenario for a Robot Companion
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007)
Implications of gender differences for the development of animated characters for the study of bullying behaviour
(2007)
This paper considers the impact of gender on the design of animated agents that aim to evoke empathy and to encourage children to explore issues related to bullying. High fidelity storyboards containing bullying scenarios ...
Robotic etiquette: results from user studies involving a fetch and carry task
(ACM Press, 2007)
This paper presents results, outcomes and conclusions from a series of Human Robot Interaction (HRI) trials which investigated how a robot should approach a human in a fetch and carry task. Two pilot trials were carried ...
Comparing human robot interaction scenarios using live and video based methods: towards a novel methodological approach
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2006)
This paper presents results of a pilot study that investigated whether people’s perceptions from live and video HRI trials were comparable. Subjects participated in a live HRI trial and videotaped HRI trials in which the ...
Exploratory studies on social spaces between humans and a mechanical-looking robot
(2006)
The results from two empirical studies of human–robot interaction are presented. The first study involved the subject approaching the static robot and the robot approaching the standing subject. In these trials a small ...