Affective Interactions Towards a New Generation of Computer Interfaces /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Paiva, Ana (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2000.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ; 1814
• Subjects: User interfaces (Computer systems).; Artificial intelligence.; Computer graphics.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Artificial Intelligence.; Computer Graphics.

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 i...

Table of Contents:

• Affective Interactions: Toward a New Generation of Computer Interfaces?
• Listen to Your Heart Rate: Counting the Cost of Media Quality
• Effective Affective in Intelligent Systems - Building on Evidence of Empathy in Teaching and Learning
• The Communication of Meaningful Emotional Information for Children Interacting with Virtual Actors
• Emotion and Facial Expression
• A Cognitive Approach to Affective User Modeling
• Affective Appraisal versus Cognitive Evaluation in Social Emotions and Interactions
• An Emotion-Based "Conscious" Software Agent Architecture
• Redesigning the Agents' Decision Machinery
• Artificial Emotion and Emotion Learning: Emotions as Value Judgements
• Integrating Models of Personality and Emotions into Lifelike Characters
• Why Should Agents Be Emotional for Entertaining Users? A Critical Analysis
• Emotional Meaning and Expression in Animated Faces
• Relating Personality and Behavior: Posture and Gestures
• Affective Natural Language Generation.