Towards an Artificially Empathic Conversational Agent for Mental Health Applications: System Design and User Perceptions

Morris, Robert R, Kouddous, Kareem, Kshirsagar, Rohan, Schueller, Stephen M·2018·Journal of Medical Internet Research
DOI 10.2196/10148

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