Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Qualification | Doctor Degree |
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| Award date | 9 Dec 2011 |
| Place of Publication | Tampere |
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| Print ISBNs | 978-951-44-8612-8 |
| Electronic ISBNs | 978-951-44-8639-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| MoE publication type | G5 Doctoral dissertation (article) |
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Keywords
- emotion
- sociality
- affective computing
- physiology
- computer characters
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Towards Computer-Assisted Regulation of Emotions : Dissertation. / Vanhala, Toni.
Tampere : University of Tampere, 2011. 188 p.Research output: Thesis › Dissertation › Collection of Articles
TY - THES
T1 - Towards Computer-Assisted Regulation of Emotions
T2 - Dissertation
AU - Vanhala, Toni
N1 - TK802 SDA: BIC
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Emotions are intimately connected with our lives. They are essential in motivating behaviour, for reasoning effectively, and in facilitating interactions with other people. Consequently, the ability to regulate the tone and intensity of emotions is important for leading a life of success and well-being. Intelligent computer perception of human emotions and effective expression of virtual emotions provide a basis for assisting emotion regulation with technology. State-of-the-art technologies already allow computers to recognize and imitate human social and emotional cues accurately and in great detail. For example, in the present work a regular looking office chair was used to covertly measure human body movement responses to artifical expressions of proximity and facial cues. In general, such artificial cues from visual agents were found to significantly affect heart, sweat gland, and facial muscle activities, as well as subjective experiences of emotion and attention. The perceptual and expressive capabilities were combined in a setup where a person regulated her or his more spontaneous reactions by either smiling or frowning voluntarily to a virtual humanlike character. These results highlight the potential of future emotion-sensitive technologies for creating supportive and even healthy interactions between humans and computers.
AB - Emotions are intimately connected with our lives. They are essential in motivating behaviour, for reasoning effectively, and in facilitating interactions with other people. Consequently, the ability to regulate the tone and intensity of emotions is important for leading a life of success and well-being. Intelligent computer perception of human emotions and effective expression of virtual emotions provide a basis for assisting emotion regulation with technology. State-of-the-art technologies already allow computers to recognize and imitate human social and emotional cues accurately and in great detail. For example, in the present work a regular looking office chair was used to covertly measure human body movement responses to artifical expressions of proximity and facial cues. In general, such artificial cues from visual agents were found to significantly affect heart, sweat gland, and facial muscle activities, as well as subjective experiences of emotion and attention. The perceptual and expressive capabilities were combined in a setup where a person regulated her or his more spontaneous reactions by either smiling or frowning voluntarily to a virtual humanlike character. These results highlight the potential of future emotion-sensitive technologies for creating supportive and even healthy interactions between humans and computers.
KW - emotion
KW - sociality
KW - affective computing
KW - physiology
KW - computer characters
M3 - Dissertation
SN - 978-951-44-8612-8
T3 - Dissertations in Interactive Technology
PB - University of Tampere
CY - Tampere
ER -