Do robots facilitate life review narratives of older adults? A preliminary study.

Background: Life review is a process in which people retrospect and find meaning in past life events, and synthesize these experiences into a narrative. It is usually conducted collaboratively for older adults through a listening partner who works to motivate and stimulate the conversation. Objectiv...

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Publicado en:Gerontechnology Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 1 - 13
Autores principales: Ueda, Anna, Hideyuki Takahashi, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Haruo Nomura
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: International Society for Gerontechnology 2021
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          Hideyuki Takahashi
          Yuichiro Yoshikawa
          Hiroshi Ishiguro
          Haruo Nomura
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          Narratives
          Life History Review In Old Age
          Robotics Utilization
          User-Computer Interface
          Fear
          Social Justice Psychosocial Factors
          Human
          Questioning Persons
          Comparative Studies
          Cognition
          Alternative and Augmentative Communication
          Intergenerational Relations
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          Aged: 65+ years
      ab: Background: Life review is a process in which people retrospect and find meaning in past life events, and synthesize these experiences into a narrative. It is usually conducted collaboratively for older adults through a listening partner who works to motivate and stimulate the conversation. Objective: This study aimed to compare narratives of older adults with human and non-human listening partners during a life review session and to determine whether the participants felt safer in disclosing their private experiences or thoughts without fear of social judgement. Method: We conducted life reviews with 5 older adults using 2 types of speaking partners: a human and a robot. The partner asked a set of structured life review questions designed to trigger a review of past events and gave controlled responses. Two life review sequences comprising 4 sessions each were completed; the first 4 were with a human partner, followed by 4 with a robot partner. There was a 4-week interval between the sequences. The transcribed life review conversations were compared and analyzed qualitatively. Results: When talking with a human partner, life review narratives showed more awareness of generation gaps compared to the narratives formed with the robot. In contrast, their narratives to the robot partner included more universally transmissive values (Watt & Wong, 1991; Wong & Watt, 1991). Conclusion: This preliminary study was the first attempt to gauge the effects of conducting a life review with robots as partners. The outcome suggests that life review with robots can provide older adults with a unique environment to tell their personal life narratives by allowing them to have different perspectives while reviewing their past. Utilizing both humans and robots in life reviews could help older adults to construct extensive and abundant life narratives in the future.
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