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ArticleFrontiers in robotics and AI2021

Cognitive Intervention Through Photo-Integrated Conversation Moderated by Robots (PICMOR) Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Mihoko Otake-Matsuura, Seiki Tokunaga, Kumi Watanabe, Masato S Abe, Takuya Sekiguchi, Hikaru Sugimoto, Taishiro Kishimoto, Takashi Kudo

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Article in Frontiers in robotics and AI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Effectiveness of Group Interventions With Socially-Assistive Robots for Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mihoko Otake-MatsuuraCenter for Advanced Intelligence Project, RIKEN, Chuo-ku, Japan.
Seiki TokunagaCenter for Advanced Intelligence Project, RIKEN, Chuo-ku, Japan.
Kumi WatanabeCenter for Advanced Intelligence Project, RIKEN, Chuo-ku, Japan.
Masato S AbeCenter for Advanced Intelligence Project, RIKEN, Chuo-ku, Japan.
Takuya SekiguchiCenter for Advanced Intelligence Project, RIKEN, Chuo-ku, Japan.
Hikaru SugimotoCenter for Advanced Intelligence Project, RIKEN, Chuo-ku, Japan.
Taishiro KishimotoCenter for Advanced Intelligence Project, RIKEN, Chuo-ku, Japan.
Takashi KudoCenter for Advanced Intelligence Project, RIKEN, Chuo-ku, Japan.
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project · JPOsaka University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social interaction might prevent or delay dementia, but little is known about the specific effects of various social activity interventions on cognition. This study conducted a single-site randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Photo-Integrated Conversation Moderated by Robots (PICMOR), a group conversation intervention program for resilience against cognitive decline and dementia. In the RCT, PICMOR was compared to an unstructured group conversation condition. Sixty-five community-living older adults participated in this study. The intervention was provided once a week for 12 weeks. Primary outcome measures were the cognitive functions; process outcome measures included the linguistic characteristics of speech to estimate interaction quality. Baseline and post-intervention data were collected. PICMOR contains two key features: 1) photos taken by the participants are displayed and discussed sequentially; and 2) a robotic moderator manages turn-taking to make sure that participants are allocated the same amount of time. Among the primary outcome measures, one of the subcategories of cognitive functions, verbal fluency significantly improved in the intervention group. Among the process outcome measures, a part of the subcategories of linguistic characteristics of speech, the amount of speech and richness of words, proportion of providing topics, questions, and answers in total utterances were larger for the intervention group. This study demonstrated for the first time the positive effects of a robotic social activity intervention on cognitive function in healthy older adults via RCT. The group conversation generated by PICMOR may improve participants' verbal fluency since participants have more opportunity to provide their own topics, asking and answering questions which results in exploring larger vocabularies. PICMOR is available and accessible to community-living older adults.

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cognitive declinecognitive interventionrobotsocial activitysocial interaction

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PMID33969003
PMCPMC8103544
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