Effectiveness of a social robot, "Paro," in a VA long-term care setting.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Psychological services

• Publication date

  2016-05-19

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1037/ser0000080PMID 27195530
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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