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Chatbots and Conversational Agents (531)

Published on in Vol 22, No 2 (2020): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/14058, first published .
Developing Embodied Conversational Agents for Coaching People in a Healthy Lifestyle: Scoping Review

Developing Embodied Conversational Agents for Coaching People in a Healthy Lifestyle: Scoping Review

Developing Embodied Conversational Agents for Coaching People in a Healthy Lifestyle: Scoping Review

Authors of this article:

Lean L Kramer1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Silke ter Stal3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Bob C Mulder2 Author Orcid Image ;   Emely de Vet1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lex van Velsen3 Author Orcid Image
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