Federal Research Center «Computer Science and Control» of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, Moscow, kuzjum@yandex.ru
The paper discusses the communication of a cognitive assistant – a virtual health coach, a developing technology aimed at supporting health-saving behavior. For its effectiveness, the cognitive assistant must be able to stimulate in a dialogue with the user a stable motivation for a healthy lifestyle and its active practice. The essential characteristics of speech forms which match the tasks of a virtual health coach are described.
cognitive assistant; healthy lifestyle; medical discourse; persuasion
Download textFor citing: Kuznetsova, Y.M. (2021). Principles of communicative activity of a cognitive assistant – virtual health coach. Human being: Image and essence. Humanitarian aspects. Moscow: INION RAN. Vol. 2(46): Homo emoticus in the digital era, pp. 145-168. DOI: 10.31249/chel/2021.02.09