AUTHOR=Macedonia Manuela , Hammer Florian , Weichselbaum Otto 

TITLE=Guided Embodiment and Potential Applications of Tutor Systems in Language Instruction and Rehabilitation

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00927

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00927

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>Intelligent tutor systems (ITSs) in mobile devices take us through learning tasks and make learning ubiquitous, autonomous, and at low cost (Nye, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B56">2015</xref>). In this paper, we describe guided embodiment as an ITS essential feature for second language learning (L2) and aphasia rehabilitation (ARe) that enhances efficiency in the learning process. In embodiment, cognitive processes, here specifically language (re)learning are grounded in actions and gestures (Pecher and Zwaan, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B59">2005</xref>; Fischer and Zwaan, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21">2008</xref>; Dijkstra and Post, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">2015</xref>). In order to guide users through embodiment, ITSs must track action and gesture, and give corrective feed-back to achieve the users' goals. Therefore, sensor systems are essential to guided embodiment. In the next sections, we describe sensor systems that can be implemented in ITS for guided embodiment.</p>