Elena Matteucci
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Elena Matteucci is a researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction and developmental psychology, with a primary focus on how social robots can foster emotional and cognitive engagement in children. Her work centers on designing and evaluating interactive robotic systems—particularly the NAO social robot—to support learning and storytelling activities for school-age children. In her most-cited paper, "Exploring Emotional and Cognitive Engagement in School Age Children: An In-Depth Analysis of Interaction with the NAO Social Robot During the Storytelling Activity" (2024), she provides a nuanced, data-driven analysis of how children’s affective and attentional states shift during robot-mediated narratives. This study, which has already garnered early citations, highlights her ability to bridge qualitative behavioral observation with quantitative metrics, offering practical insights for educators and roboticists. Matteucci’s contributions are particularly notable for their emphasis on real-world classroom applications, advancing the design of socially assistive robots that can adapt to young learners’ needs. Her emerging body of work signals a promising trajectory in child-robot interaction, with implications for personalized education and therapeutic interventions.
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