A Review on the Role of Color and Light in Affective Computing

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 275-293

  Sokolova, Marina V ^a,b   Fernández Caballero, Antonio ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN INFORMÁTICA DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Affective computing; Color; Human computer interaction; Light; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973623318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/app5030275     Document Type: Review

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