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Embodied, Enacted, and Multimodal: Exploring Science Teachers’ Metaphors in Authentic Classroom Contexts

Science Education, Volume 110, Issue 5, Page 1469-1496, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Over the past decades, science education research has extensively examined the role of metaphors in teaching and learning science. However, much of the existing research has focused on verbal manifestations of metaphors, thereby overlooking aspects of metaphors that may occur in non‐verbal form. This study reconceptualises metaphors as dynamic
Magdalena Kersting, Priscila Kohler, Marianne Ødegaard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic Proxemic Model for Human–Robot Interactions Using the Golden Ratio

Applied Sciences
This paper presents a novel approach to determine dynamic safety and comfort zones in human–robot interactions (HRIs), with a focus on service robots operating in dynamic environments with people.
Tomáš Spurný, Ján Babjak, Zdenko Bobovský, Aleš Vysocký   +3 more
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The Inoperative Refusal: Gestures and How the Unruly Body Goes on Strike

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 3, September 2026.
Short Abstract A still from Yvonne Rainer's film, Hand Movie (1966). Image copyright of the artist, courtesy of Video Data Bank, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. ABSTRACT This paper advances a way of thinking the body in human geography through gestures, their capacity to refuse inoperatively and their relation to unconscious processes ...
Thuỳ‐Trang T. Nguyen
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Notes on the Proxemics of the ‘Non Place-Time’

img journal, 2021
During the period of confinement due to the pandemic emergency, the overly abused definition of ‘non place’ introduced in 1992 by Marc Augé seems to have found an involuntary and unexpected actualization, composing itself with the specular notion here ...
Paola Puma
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Decoding Preschool Social Dynamics: Automated Tracking of Spatial and Temporal Patterns to Investigate Social Interactions and Relationships in Peer Groups

Developmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 4, July 2026.
ABSTRACT In this study, we applied machine learning tools to automatically track the positions of preschool children in a natural free play setting and derived spatial and temporal features from these data to identify social interactions between them.
Gabriela Markova, Jozsef Arato, Ruzena Ceral, Maximilian Hofbauer, Cliodhna Quigley, Lisa Horn   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of Distance and Lateral Offset of Follow Me Robots on User Perception

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020
Robots that are designed to work in close proximity to humans are required to move and act in a way that ensures social acceptance by their users. Hence, a robot's proximal behavior toward a human is a main concern, especially in human-robot interaction ...
Felix Wilhelm Siebert, Jacobe Klein, Matthias Rötting, Eileen Roesler   +3 more
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Context Awareness and Human–Robot Interaction Optimization for Museum Intelligent Guide Robot

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2026.
This study presents a context‐aware human–robot interaction framework designed for intelligent museum guide robots. The system features a three‐layer architecture—perception, understanding, and behavior execution—that enables adaptive and meaningful interactions with museum visitors.
Anna Zou, Yue Meng, Shijing Tong
wiley   +1 more source

Reinforcement learning utilizes proxemics: an avatar learns to manipulate the position of people in immersive virtual reality [PDF]

, 2012
A reinforcement learning (RL) method was used to train a virtual character to move participants to a specified location. The virtual environment depicted an alleyway displayed through a wide field-of-view head-tracked stereo head-mounted display.
Kastanis, Iason, Slater, Mel
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Kinship‐based deference among Jaru siblings: A collaborative, adaptive, and multimodal accomplishment

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract In the Jaru community of northern Western Australia, certain in‐laws and relatives are categorized as being in a highly respectful relationship in which they are expected to pay deference to one another. This conversation‐analytic study closely examines the deferential practices that are used among three Jaru siblings in an ordinary multi ...
Josua Dahmen
wiley   +1 more source

Assistive technology design and development for acceptable robotics companions for ageing years

Paladyn, 2013
A new stream of research and development responds to changes in life expectancy across the world. It includes technologies which enhance well-being of individuals, specifically for older people.
Amirabdollahian Farshid, Akker Rieks op den, Bedaf Sandra, Bormann Richard, Draper Heather, Evers Vanessa, Pérez Jorge Gallego, Gelderblom Gert Jan, Ruiz Carolina Gutierrez, Hewson David, Hu Ninghang, Koay Kheng Lee, Kröse Ben, Lehmann Hagen, Mart Patrizia, Michel Hervé, Prevot-Huille Hélène, Reiser Ulrich, Saunders Joe, Sorell Tom, Stienstra Jelle, Syrdal Dag, Walters Michael, Dautenhahn Kerstin   +23 more
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