Social Robots for Evaluating Attention State in Older Adults

Sustained attention is essential for older adults to maintain an active lifestyle, and the deficiency of this function is often associated with health-related risks such as falling and frailty. The present study examined whether the well-established age-effect on reducing mind-wandering, the drift t...

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Autores principales:	Yi-Chen Chen, Su-Ling Yeh, Tsung-Ren Huang, Yu-Ling Chang, Joshua O. S. Goh, Li-Chen Fu
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	aging social companion robot sustained attention mind-wandering cognitive evaluation Chemical technology TP1-1185
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4464985d695f427090466fa45a04154c2021-11-11T19:08:21ZSocial Robots for Evaluating Attention State in Older Adults10.3390/s212171421424-8220https://doaj.org/article/4464985d695f427090466fa45a04154c2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/21/7142https://doaj.org/toc/1424-8220Sustained attention is essential for older adults to maintain an active lifestyle, and the deficiency of this function is often associated with health-related risks such as falling and frailty. The present study examined whether the well-established age-effect on reducing mind-wandering, the drift to internal thoughts that are seen to be detrimental to attentional control, could be replicated by using a robotic experimenter for older adults who are not as familiar with online technologies. A total of 28 younger and 22 older adults performed a Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) by answering thought probes regarding their attention states and providing confidence ratings for their own task performances. The indices from the modified SART suggested a well-documented conservative response strategy endorsed by older adults, which were represented by slower responses and increased omission errors. Moreover, the slower responses and increased omissions were found to be associated with less self-reported mind-wandering, thus showing consistency with their higher subjective ratings of attentional control. Overall, this study demonstrates the potential of constructing age-related cognitive profiles with attention evaluation instruction based on a social companion robot for older adults at home.Yi-Chen ChenSu-Ling YehTsung-Ren HuangYu-Ling ChangJoshua O. S. GohLi-Chen FuMDPI AGarticleagingsocial companion robotsustained attentionmind-wanderingcognitive evaluationChemical technologyTP1-1185ENSensors, Vol 21, Iss 7142, p 7142 (2021)
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spellingShingle	aging social companion robot sustained attention mind-wandering cognitive evaluation Chemical technology TP1-1185 Yi-Chen Chen Su-Ling Yeh Tsung-Ren Huang Yu-Ling Chang Joshua O. S. Goh Li-Chen Fu Social Robots for Evaluating Attention State in Older Adults
description	Sustained attention is essential for older adults to maintain an active lifestyle, and the deficiency of this function is often associated with health-related risks such as falling and frailty. The present study examined whether the well-established age-effect on reducing mind-wandering, the drift to internal thoughts that are seen to be detrimental to attentional control, could be replicated by using a robotic experimenter for older adults who are not as familiar with online technologies. A total of 28 younger and 22 older adults performed a Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) by answering thought probes regarding their attention states and providing confidence ratings for their own task performances. The indices from the modified SART suggested a well-documented conservative response strategy endorsed by older adults, which were represented by slower responses and increased omission errors. Moreover, the slower responses and increased omissions were found to be associated with less self-reported mind-wandering, thus showing consistency with their higher subjective ratings of attentional control. Overall, this study demonstrates the potential of constructing age-related cognitive profiles with attention evaluation instruction based on a social companion robot for older adults at home.
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author	Yi-Chen Chen Su-Ling Yeh Tsung-Ren Huang Yu-Ling Chang Joshua O. S. Goh Li-Chen Fu
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title	Social Robots for Evaluating Attention State in Older Adults
title_short	Social Robots for Evaluating Attention State in Older Adults
title_full	Social Robots for Evaluating Attention State in Older Adults
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Social Robots for Evaluating Attention State in Older Adults

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