6 papers
MIThinker: A Plug-and-Play Policy-Optimized Thinker For Motivational Interviewing Counseling
Yizhe Yang, Palakorn Achananuparp, Heyan Huang +2
Reasoning large language models (LLMs) have recently made much progress in complex problem-solving, leveraging internal reasoning (or thought) to guide their solution generation. H…
DialToM: A Theory of Mind Benchmark for Forecasting State-Driven Dialogue Trajectories
Neemesh Yadav, Palakorn Achananuparp, Jing Jiang +1
We introduce DialToM, an annotated Theory of Mind (ToM) benchmark built from naturalistic human-human dialogues using a multiple-choice evaluation framework. Concurrent with recent…
Seeing Culture: A Benchmark for Visual Reasoning and Grounding
Burak Satar, Zhixin Ma, Patrick A. Irawan +4
Multimodal vision-language models (VLMs) have made substantial progress in various tasks that require a combined understanding of visual and textual content, particularly in cultur…
Effects of Theory of Mind and Prosocial Beliefs on Steering Human-Aligned Behaviors of LLMs in Ultimatum Games
Neemesh Yadav, Yihuai Lan, Palakorn Achananuparp +4
Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown potential in simulating human behaviors and performing theory-of-mind (ToM) reasoning, crucial for complex social interactions. We investiga…
CAMI: A Counselor Agent Supporting Motivational Interviewing through State Inference and Topic Exploration
Yizhe Yang, Palakorn Achananuparp, Heyan Huang +5
Conversational counselor agents have become essential tools for addressing the rising demand for scalable and accessible mental health support. This paper introduces CAMI, a novel…
Consistent Client Simulation for Motivational Interviewing-based Counseling
Yizhe Yang, Palakorn Achananuparp, Heyan Huang +7
Simulating human clients in mental health counseling is crucial for training and evaluating counselors (both human or simulated) in a scalable manner. Nevertheless, past research o…