A study in users' physiological response to an empathic interface agent

International Journal of Humanoid Robotics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 371-391

  Prendinger, Helmut ^a   Becker, Christian ^b   Ishizuka, Mitsuru ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Affective behavior; Empathy; Evaluation; Life like characters; Physiological user information

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AFFECTIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPATHY; LIFE-LIKE CHARACTERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL USER INFORMATION;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 33750220974     PISSN: 02198436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219843606000801     Document Type: Article

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