UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM presents "Robots as Embodied Models of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders" Dr. Matthew Lewis (Embodied Emotion, Cognition and (Inter-)Action Lab, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire) 6 November 2019 13:00 - 14:00 Hatfield, College Lane Campus Seminar Room C152 Everyone is welcome to attend Refreshments will be available Abstract: This talk will look at the new area of using robots to model mental health disorders. It will consider the validity of such models, and their possible use in developing treatments. As well as considering robot models in general, it will present a particular case of a robot model for Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum disorders. This has been developed based on a long-standing cybernetic model, incorporating ideas from animal models and a model of stress.