Jackie Andrade's guest appearances

Jackie Andrade

Rob Hopkins

Psychology

Voice Tech Podcast

Charles Eisenstein

Michael Mann

Jason Roberts

Paul Hawken

David King

Dave Chapman

Andrew Brewerton

Kevin Anderson

Jane Seymour

Douglas Rushkoff

Matthieu Ricard

Martin Shaw

Molly Fletcher

Adam Gazzaley

Alan Brown

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This is a time-limited preview. To hear the full episode, and access the full catalogue of episodes and bonus content, become a Voice Tech Pro Today on the show we welcome Jackie Andrade, Professor of Psychology at the University of Plymouth, and Leonie Cooper, a Ph.D. candidate at the university who is researching robot-delivered intervention to reduce procrastination. In this episode, we talk about how people communicate with robots, the role that robots can play in healthcare, and how robots can change human behaviour and influence us to take the right actions. We begin this discussion by taking a broad look at the psychological support that can be delivered through humans, and how that can be delivered through technology. We then dive into the motivational interviewing concept – a counselling method that helps people resolve thoughts, feelings, and insecurities to help them find the internal motivation they need to change their behaviour. We then take a look at Jackie and Leonie’s study, which involves an adorable-looking NAO Robot. We head into all the details around their paper which looks at how motivational interviewing using a NAO Robot was received by patients. One of the most fascinating parts of this conversation is learning more about the technological design decisions made for voice, movement, expression, and interaction of the NAO Robot and why Jackie and Leonie specifically decided against using speech detection. We also unpack the debate about whether social robots will ever replace human therapists, as well as the surprising benefits and the challenges that come with talking to robots as opposed to humans. By the end of this episode, you’ll have a better understanding as to why we need social robot counsellors in the first place, leaving you with the question: How does this make you feel?Highlights●     Available at http://bit.ly/voicetechpodcast-ep055 Quotes from the show[24:23] People felt it was helpful listening to themselves talk out loud about what they wanted to do.[34:13] Robots offer that non-judgemental environment, an opportunity to talk freely without interruption[34:55] The therapist is still behind the therapy they are receiving via the robot.[54:21] They got over the weirdness of talking to a robot[01:00:23] Don’t be scared of the programming.Links to clickVoice of the Car Summit &lt;&lt; 30% off with VOICETECHCARLRobocopy Train the Trainer Bootcamp &lt;&lt; 10% off when mentioning the Voice Tech PodcastJackie AndradeJackie Andrade on TwitterJackie Andrade on LinkedInLeonie Cooper on TwitterLeonie Cooper on LinkedInJoana Galvão Gomes da SilvaNAO robotNAO robot on FacebookThe EPIC ProjectSoftbank RoboticsNicole RobinsonThe UniversiSupport the show

This is a time-limited preview. To hear the full episode, and access the full catalogue of episodes and bonus content, <a href="https://voicetechpodcast.com/pro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">become a Voice Tech Pro</a> Today on the show we welcome Jackie Andrade, Professor of Psychology at the University of Plymouth, and Leonie Cooper, a Ph.D. candidate at the university who is researching robot-delivered intervention to reduce procrastination. In this episode, we talk about how people communicate with robots, the role that robots can play in healthcare, and how robots can change human behaviour and influence us to take the right actions. We begin this discussion by taking a broad look at the psychological support that can be delivered through humans, and how that can be delivered through technology. We then dive into the motivational interviewing concept – a counselling method that helps people resolve thoughts, feelings, and insecurities to help them find the internal motivation they need to change their behaviour. We then take a look at Jackie and Leonie’s study, which involves an adorable-looking NAO Robot. We head into all the details around their paper which looks at how motivational interviewing using a NAO Robot was received by patients. One of the most fascinating parts of this conversation is learning more about the technological design decisions made for voice, movement, expression, and interaction of the NAO Robot and why Jackie and Leonie specifically decided against using speech detection. We also unpack the debate about whether social robots will ever replace human therapists, as well as the surprising benefits and the challenges that come with talking to robots as opposed to humans. By the end of this episode, you’ll have a better understanding as to why we need social robot counsellors in the first place, leaving you with the question: How does this make you feel?Highlights●     Available at <a href="http://bit.ly/voicetechpodcast-ep055" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/voicetechpodcast-ep055</a> Quotes from the show[24:23] People felt it was helpful listening to themselves talk out loud about what they wanted to do.[34:13] Robots offer that non-judgemental environment, an opportunity to talk freely without interruption[34:55] The therapist is still behind the therapy they are receiving via the robot.[54:21] They got over the weirdness of talking to a robot[01:00:23] Don’t be scared of the programming.Links to click<ul><li><a href="http://voiceofthecar.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Voice of the Car Summit</a> &lt;&lt; 30% off with VOICETECHCARL</li><li><a href="http://voicetechpodcast.com/trainer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robocopy Train the Trainer Bootcamp</a> &lt;&lt; 10% off when mentioning the Voice Tech Podcast</li><li><a href="https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/jackie-andrade" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jackie Andrade</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jandradeply?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jackie Andrade on Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackie-andrade-13271544/?originalSubdomain=uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jackie Andrade on LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/leoniean" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leonie Cooper on Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonie-cooper-90b32784/?originalSubdomain=uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leonie Cooper on LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joana_Silva55" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joana Galvão Gomes da Silva</a></li><li><a href="https://www.softbankrobotics.com/us/NAO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NAO robot</a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NAO.therobot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NAO robot on Facebook</a></li><li><a href="https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/epic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The EPIC Project</a></li><li><a href="https://www.softbankrobotic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Softbank Robotics</a></li><li><a href="https://www.roboticvision.org/rv_person/nicole-robinson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicole Robinson</a></li><li><a href="https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools/psychology" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Universi</a></li></ul><a href="https://patreon.com/voicetechpodcast" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

Social Robot Counsellors - Jackie Andrade, Uni. Plymouth - Voice Tech Podcast ep.055

Jon May

Welcome to our last blog of 2018.  I'd like to thank you for joining me on this journey over the year and for your support and enthusiasm. Jackie Andrade is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Plymouth whose work focuses on imagination and how we can imagine different futures for ourselves and use that to help change our behaviour. Jon May is also a Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth and his work also focuses on imagination and how it affects decision making, motivation and creativity. Over the last 20 years they have developed an approach called Functional Imagery Training which has many insights to offer to our exploration of imagination and its ability to change the real world around us.  I took the train to Plymouth and we sat in Jackie's office and had a fascinating conversation that, as Jackie later put it after reviewing the transcript, is "almost a whole manifesto for behaviour change".  I started by asking them to get us an outline of Functional Imagery Training. What is it, and what does their research tell us about how it works?

Jackie Andrade and Jon May on imagination, lemons and Functional Imagery Training