Comparison of Children's Behavior toward Sony's Robotic Dog AIBO and a Real Dog: A Pilot Study
| Autor: | Filomena Nina Ribi, Akimitsu Yokoyama, Dennis C. Turner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Sociology and Political Science business.industry Veterinary (miscellaneous) medicine.medical_treatment Significant difference Observation period Animal-assisted therapy Education Surgery Human animal bond Pet therapy Anthropology medicine Physical therapy HUBzero Animal Science and Zoology AIBO business |
| Zdroj: | Anthrozoös. 21:245-256 |
| ISSN: | 1753-0377 0892-7936 |
| DOI: | 10.2752/175303708x332053 |
| Popis: | A comparison of children's behavior toward Sony's robotic dog AIBO™ (ERS-210) and a similar sized live dog was made over time. Fourteen children between three and six years of age from a kindergarten and a pre-school play group in Zurich, Switzerland, were visited once a week for eleven weeks with the live dog and subsequently for eleven weeks with AIBO. We investigated the children's spatial proximity toward AIBO and the live dog, and the rate of stroking and touching, the overall rate of interactions, and the rate of laughing in the presence of AIBO and the live dog. The children refused to participate in 18.2% of the sessions with the live dog and in 30.5% of the sessions with AIBO. Children who participated initiated approaches to AIBO significantly more often than to the live dog over the observation period. In contrast, there was no significant difference between the live dog and AIBO initiating the very first contact, even though the live dog approached the children 24 times in 126 sessions... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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