@inproceedings{c7a9fb927bec4548a37458fd5e70867b,
title = "Werewolves, cheats, and cultural sensitivity",
abstract = "This paper discusses the design and evaluation of the system MIXER (Moderating Interactions for Cross-Cultural Empathic Relationships), which applies a novel approach to the education of children in cultural sensitivity. MIXER incorporates intelligent affective and interactive characters, including a model of a Theory of Mind mechanism, in a simulated virtual world. We discuss the relevant pedagogical approaches, related work, the underlying mind model used for MIXER agents as well as its innovative interaction interface utilising a tablet computer and a pictorial interaction language. We then consider the evaluation of the system, whether this shows it met its pedagogical objectives, and what can be learned from our results.",
keywords = "Cultural sensitivity, Emotion and social/cultural behaviour, Empathy, Intelligent virtual agents, Models of personality, Synthetic characters",
author = "Ruth Aylett and Lim, {Mei Yii} and Lynn Hall and Sarah Tazzyman and Birgit Endrass and Elisabeth Andre and Chistopher Ritter and Asad Nazir and Ana Paiva and Hofstede, {Gert Jan} and Arvid Kappas",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
series = "13th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2014",
publisher = "International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS)",
pages = "1085--1092",
booktitle = "13th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2014",
note = "13th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2014 ; Conference date: 05-05-2014 Through 09-05-2014",
}