scholarly journals Brain-Inspired Coding of Robot Body Schema Through Visuo-Motor Integration of Touched Events

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganna Pugach ◽  
Alexandre Pitti ◽  
Olga Tolochko ◽  
Philippe Gaussier
Keyword(s):  
Body Schema ◽  
Robot Body

Internal Models and Body Schema in Tool Use

2012 ◽  
Vol 220 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Rieger
Keyword(s):  
Tool Use ◽  
Body Schema ◽  
Internal Models

CHRONIC PAIN EFFECT ON BODY SCHEMA AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE IN ATHLETES: A PILOT STUDY1

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Bianca E. Thurm ◽  
Amanda Matoso ◽  
Ana C. Diaz ◽  
Carolina Paschoalini ◽  
Elayne Neves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Body Schema ◽  
Neuropsychological Performance

scholarly journals Making the choice between bioelectrical impedance measures for body hydration status assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry M. Davydov ◽  
Andrey Boev ◽  
Stas Gorbunov
Keyword(s):  
Body Schema ◽  
Bioelectrical Impedance ◽  
Information Criterion ◽  
The Body ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Hydration Status ◽  
Status Assessment ◽  
Best Fitting ◽  
Body Compartments ◽  
Fitting In

AbstractSituational or persistent body fluid deficit (i.e., de- or hypo-hydration) is considered a significant health risk factor. Bioimpedance analysis (BIA) has been suggested as an alternative to less reliable subjective and biochemical indicators of hydration status. The present study aimed to compare various BIA models in the prediction of direct measures of body compartments associated with hydration/osmolality. Fish (n = 20) was selected as a biological model for physicochemically measuring proximate body compartments associated with hydration such as water, dissolved proteins, and non-osseous minerals as the references or criterion points. Whole-body and segmental/local impedance measures were used to investigate a pool of BIA models, which were compared by Akaike Information Criterion in their ability to accurately predict the body components. Statistical models showed that ‘volumetric-based’ BIA measures obtained in parallel, such as distance2/Rp, could be the best approach in predicting percent of body moisture, proteins, and minerals in the whole-body schema. However, serially-obtained BIA measures, such as the ratio of the reactance to resistance and the resistance adjusted for distance between electrodes, were the best fitting in predicting the compartments in the segmental schema. Validity of these results should be confirmed on humans before implementation in practice.

scholarly journals Physical, Perceptual, Socio-Relational, and Affective Skills of Five-Year-Old Children Born Preterm and Full-Term According to Their Body Mass Index

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 3769
Author(s):  
Pedro Gil-Madrona ◽  
Sonia J. Romero-Martínez ◽  
Carmen C. Roz-Faraco
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Body Schema ◽  
Full Term ◽  
Psychomotor Development ◽  
Dynamic Coordination ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Affective Skills

The main purpose of this study was to compare the psychomotor development of five-year-old children born preterm and full term. The comparison included physical-motor, perceptual-motor, and socio-relational and affective skills. As low weight is one of the variables that most influences the psychomotor development of premature infants, a secondary aim was to analyze these skills according to their current body mass index (BMI). A prospective simple ex-post facto study was conducted. The sample consisted of 672 five-year-old children enrolled in the third year of early childhood education in the province of Albacete, Spain; 35 of them was born prematurely. Children were evaluated by their teachers using the Checklist of Psychomotor Activities (CPA). The results show that children born preterm had a lower development of their physical-motor skills. In the perceptual-motor field, premature children showed lower scores in the variables related to their body image and body schema, motor dissociation, and visual-motor coordination, as well as in socio-relational and affective aspects. However, the development in laterality, dynamic coordination, motor execution, tonic-postural control, and balance were not affected. These differences were not affected by the current weight, given that the analysis of the BMI indicated no differences in preterm children. This study demonstrated the need to establish protocols oriented to the prevention of the difficulties detected in children with psychomotor high-risk and the needs to reinforce the educational programs in this area to improve the integral development of children born preterm.

scholarly journals Robot-Assisted Autism Therapy (RAAT). Criteria and Types of Experiments Using Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Robots. Review of the Research

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 3720
Author(s):  
Barbara Szymona ◽  
Marcin Maciejewski ◽  
Robert Karpiński ◽  
Kamil Jonak ◽  
Elżbieta Radzikowska-Büchner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Schema ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
The Body ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Robot Assisted ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Joint Activities ◽  
Autism Therapy ◽  
Real Person ◽  
Future Work

Supporting the development of a child with autism is a multi-profile therapeutic work on disturbed areas, especially understanding and linguistic expression used in social communication and development of social contacts. Previous studies show that it is possible to perform some therapy using a robot. This article is a synthesis review of the literature on research with the use of robots in the therapy of children with the diagnosis of early childhood autism. The review includes scientific journals from 2005–2021. Using descriptors: ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders), Social robots, and Robot-based interventions, an analysis of available research in PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science was done. The results showed that a robot seems to be a great tool that encourages contact and involvement in joint activities. The review of the literature indicates the potential value of the use of robots in the therapy of people with autism as a facilitator in social contacts. Robot-Assisted Autism Therapy (RAAT) can encourage child to talk or do exercises. In the second aspect (prompting during a conversation), a robot encourages eye contact and suggests possible answers, e.g., during free conversation with a peer. In the third aspect (teaching, entertainment), the robot could play with autistic children in games supporting the development of joint attention. These types of games stimulate the development of motor skills and orientation in the body schema. In future work, a validation test would be desirable to check whether children with ASD are able to do the same with a real person by learning distrust and cheating the robot.

scholarly journals Evolution of Diverse, Manufacturable Robot Body Plans

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Buchanan ◽  
Leni K. Le Goff ◽  
Emma Hart ◽  
Agoston E. Eiben ◽  
Matteo De Carlo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Robot Body

scholarly journals Phenomenological and existential contributions to the study of erectile dysfunction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris A. Suijker ◽  
Corijn van Mazijk ◽  
Fred A. Keijzer ◽  
Boaz Meijer
Keyword(s):  
Erectile Dysfunction ◽  
Body Schema ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Current Medical ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
Phenomenology Of Perception ◽  
Medical Approach ◽  
Social Components

AbstractThe current medical approach to erectile dysfunction (ED) consists of physiological, psychological and social components. This paper proposes an additional framework for thinking about ED based on phenomenology, by focusing on the theory of sexual projection. This framework will be complementary to the current medical approach to ED. Our phenomenological analysis of ED provides philosophical depth and illuminates overlooked aspects in the study of ED. Mainly by appealing to Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception, we suggest considering an additional etiology of ED in terms of a weakening of a function of sexual projection. We argue that sexual projection can be problematized through cognitive interferences, changes in the ‘intentional arc’, and modifications in the subject’s ‘body schema’. Our approach further highlights the importance of considering the ‘existential situation’ of patients with ED. We close by reflecting briefly on some of the implications of this phenomenological framework for diagnosis and treatment of ED.

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