Two research papers accepted at 21st ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA)

The papers discuss our efforts in connecting college students with mental health resources using virtual human interactions

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  1. Zalake, M., Siqueira, A., Vaddiparti, K., Antonenko, P., Lok, B. Towards Understanding How Virtual Human’s Verbal Persuasion Strategies Influence User Intentions To Perform Health Behavior. ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents 2021.

  2. Feijóo-García, P.G., Zalake, M., Gomes de Siqueira, A., Lok, B., & Hamza-Lup, F. .Effects of Virtual Humans’ Gender and Spoken Accent on Users’ Perceptions of Expertise in Mental Wellness Conversations. In Proceedings of the 2021 IVA Conference in Intelligent Virtual Agents.

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