Nancy Zook's Outputs (4)

A neuroscience-informed approach equipping educators to support young learners affected by trauma through music in the classroom (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An interdisciplinary approach (music therapy, neuroscience) was adopted for the development of postgraduate continuing education modules for educators (teachers of any subjects or SENCOs) working with young people with adverse life events. The goals... Read More about A neuroscience-informed approach equipping educators to support young learners affected by trauma through music in the classroom.

The impact of affective verbal expressions in social robots (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This research investigates whether there is an ethical concern in robots misrepresenting their internal state through speech. Participants were asked to discuss their food preferences with a robot, where the robot would either respond through facts o... Read More about The impact of affective verbal expressions in social robots.

Speech related accessibility issues in social robots (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This work describes an incidental finding from a longitudinal Human-Robot Interaction study that was investigating whether a robot showing emotions during interactions with older adults was perceived differently than to a robot that did not display e... Read More about Speech related accessibility issues in social robots.

Designing ethical social robots - A longitudinal field study with older adults (2020)
Journal Article

Emotional deception and emotional attachment are regarded as ethical concerns in human robot interaction. Considering these concerns is essential, particularly as little is known about longitudinal effects of interactions with social robots. We ran a... Read More about Designing ethical social robots - A longitudinal field study with older adults.