ABSTRACT
This chapter presents intelligent assistive technologies that are intended to augment or, in some cases, rehabilitate psychomotor functioning to enable people with impairments to participate more fully in their lives. It introduces the concept of psychomotor functioning and how a cognitive impairment can impact a person's ability to complete activities, followed by an overview of zero-effort intelligent assistive technologies for cognition. The chapter presents examples to illustrate how a few of the commonly occurring impairments in different populations and contexts can be supported by zero-effort intelligent technologies for cognition (ITCs). Increasingly powerful computer-based technologies and systems have resulted in significant advancements in the field of applied artificial intelligence (AI). The researchers programmed a Nao humanoid robot with language, music therapy, storytelling, and physiotherapy sessions that were developed by therapists and clinicians with expertise in dementia. While robotic rehabilitation is an intriguing and promising addition to motion-based rehabilitation, it is still not clear what role robots will play.
