Affective Interactions: Towards a New Generation of Computer Interfaces

Ana Paiva (auth.), Ana Paiva (eds.)3540415203, 9783540415206

Affective computing is a fascinating new area of research emerging in computer science. It dwells on problems where “computing is related to, arises from or deliberately influences emotions” (Picard 1997). Following this new research direction and considering the human element as crucial in designing and implementing interactive intelligent interfaces, affective computing is now influencing the way we shape, design, construct, and evaluate human-computer interaction and computer-mediated communcation. This book originates from a workshop devoted to affective interactions. It presents revised full versions of several papers accepted in preliminary version for the workshop and various selectively solicited papers by key people as well as an introductory survey by the volume editor and interview with Rosaling Picard, a pioneer researcher in the field. The book competently assesses the state of the art in this fascinating new field.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
Affective Interactions: Toward a New Generation of Computer Interfaces?….Pages 1-8
Listen to Your Heart Rate: Counting the Cost of Media Quality….Pages 9-20
Effective Affective in Intelligent Systems – Building on Evidence of Empathy in Teaching and Learning….Pages 21-34
The Communication of Meaningful Emotional Information for Children Interacting with Virtual Actors….Pages 35-48
Emotion and Facial Expression….Pages 49-63
A Cognitive Approach to Affective User Modeling….Pages 64-75
Affective Appraisal versus Cognitive Evaluation in Social Emotions and Interactions….Pages 76-106
An Emotion-Based “Conscious” Software Agent Architecture….Pages 107-120
Redesigning the Agents’ Decision Machinery….Pages 121-137
Artificial Emotion and Emotion Learning: Emotions as Value Judgements….Pages 138-149
Integrating Models of Personality and Emotions into Lifelike Characters….Pages 150-165
Why Should Agents Be Emotional for Entertaining Users? A Critical Analysis….Pages 166-181
Emotional Meaning and Expression in Animated Faces….Pages 182-195
Relating Personality and Behavior: Posture and Gestures….Pages 196-203
Affective Natural Language Generation….Pages 204-218
Back Matter….Pages –