Hi everyone, In addition to the previous announcement and call for papers for VSMM 2002 this September in Korea (see - http://www.vsmm.org/2002/welcome.htm), I would like to call for papers and participation in the first robotherapy session which is now a part of the VSMM 2002 conference on September 25. Robotherapy is a new field that studies psychological aspects of person-robot interactions (as an example I can refer to our study on robotic cat NeCoRo as an intervention for persons with dementia in nursing home see http://www.researchinstituteonaging.org/robocat1.htm). Those who interested in participation and writing a paper for the conference proceedings (2 10 pages), please contact me (Dr.Alex Libin) directly at libina@georgetown.edu. Authors will have an extended deadline for submission of July 17 (camera ready papers are due in August). Thank you and I am looking forward to meeting you at VSMM 2002! Regards, Alex Libin, Chair, Robotherapy Session at VSMM 2002 ----------------------- Alexander Libin, Ph.D. Research Associate/Project Director Research Institute on Aging http://www.researchinstituteonaging.org/ Tel.:(301) 770-8459, Fax:(301) 770-8455 Affiliated Faculty, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington DC http://www.georgetown.edu/departments/psychology/faculty/libin_new.html