Is happy better than sad even if they are both non-adaptive? Effects of emotional expressions of talking-head interface agents

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-191

  Gong, Li ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional expressions; Faces; Happy; Hedonic preference; Interface agents; Sad; Talking heads; Voices

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONS; FACES; HEDONIC PREFERENCE; INTERFACE AGENTS; TALKING HEADS; VOICES;

FACE RECOGNITION;

EID: 33846258803     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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