Reflections and Comments on Research on Memory and Conversation From an Ethnographic Perspective

Dahlbäck, Nils; Forsblad, Mattias; Hydén, Lars–Christer

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“…We focussed our efforts on conversations specifically about PARO because we wished to obtain insights into the patients’ experience with the robot. Social conversation involves communicating emotions and maintaining identity more than facilitating facts about an experience ( Dahlbäck, Forsblad, & Hydén, 2019 ). Staff who knew the patient participants well suggested the best time and location for the robot’s use.…”

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Exploring the perceptions of people with dementia about the social robot PARO in a hospital setting

Hung

Gregorio²,

Mann³

et al. 2019

Dementia

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New technology, such as social robots, opens up new opportunities in hospital settings. PARO, a robotic pet seal, was designed to provide emotional and social support for older people with dementia. We applied video-ethnographic methods, including conversational interviews and observations with video recording among 10 patient participants while they were using the robot. We also conducted semi-structured individual interviews and focus groups with nursing staff to gain contextual information. Patient and family partners were actively involved in the study as coresearchers. This study reports our findings on the perceptions of 10 patients with dementia about their experiences with PARO in a hospital setting. Thematic analysis yielded three substantive themes: (a) 'it's like a buddy'-the robot helps people with dementia uphold a sense of self in the world, (b) 'it's a conversation piece'-the baby seal facilitates social connection and (c) 'it makes me happy'-PARO transforms and humanizes the clinical setting. Our findings help provide a better understanding of the perspectives of patients with dementia on the use of social robots.

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Exploring the perceptions of people with dementia about the social robot PARO in a hospital setting

Hung

Gregorio²,

Mann³

et al. 2019

Dementia

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Editors’ Introduction: Remembering With Others: Conversational Dynamics and Mnemonic Outcomes

Bietti

Stone

2019

Topics in Cognitive Science

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Remembering the past through conversations with others is a uniquely human endeavor. Conversational remembering consists of specific dynamics and can lead to mnemonic outcomes. While conversational dynamics refer to the interactive processes (e.g., the roles speakers and listeners may undertake during the conversation) shaping collaborative remembering, conversational outcomes are about the mnemonic and functional consequences (e.g., forging social bonds) of those processes. Thus, the aim of the present article is to introduce the reader to key concepts and paradigms that have been rigorously developed to empirically investigate the dynamics and outcomes of conversational remembering in cognitive research. The collected review and empirical articles gathered in this topic provide the state‐of‐the‐art in the field.

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Reflections and Comments on Research on Memory and Conversation From an Ethnographic Perspective

Cited by 2 publications

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Exploring the perceptions of people with dementia about the social robot PARO in a hospital setting

Exploring the perceptions of people with dementia about the social robot PARO in a hospital setting

Editors’ Introduction: Remembering With Others: Conversational Dynamics and Mnemonic Outcomes

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