The Sound of Trust: Voice as a Measurement of Trust During Interactions with Embodied Conversational Agents

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 897-913

  Elkins, Aaron C ^a   Derrick, Douglas C ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied conversational agent; Trust; Vocalics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880131611     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: 15729907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-012-9339-x     Document Type: Article

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