Sensing Emotions

Sensing Emotions

Author: Joyce Westerink

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-07-28

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 9048132584

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The authors of this book analyze the influence of specific everyday life situations and contexts on the emotional state of people and the ways in which this can impact measurements of user experience. The book anticipates a future in which products and machines know how we feel and adapt to the feelings they sense (music systems that effectively enhance our current mood with a personalized choice of music, computer dialogues that avoid upcoming frustration, and photo cameras that take pictures whenever we're excited). In all these situations, knowledge of the emotional state of the user is prime information. A previous book published in the Philips Research Book Series, "Probing Experience", illustrated ways to evaluate the user experience through behavioural and physiological parameters. The present book focuses on the influence of context in these measurements. The everyday-life contexts of future products and machines will be always specific, especially in comparison to the standard laboratory situation. Context can impact the experience measurements and influence the occurrence and characteristics of certain signals. On the other hand, independent knowledge of the context could be very valuable for the interpretation of experience measurements. This book provides an overview of the present knowledge on the impact of context, and advocates the need for a joint understanding of its role in the measurement of experience. The authors comprise many experienced researchers on this topic with a wide variety of backgrounds, including business and academia, covering a broad range of context situations.


Passion and Reason

Passion and Reason

Author: Richard S. Lazarus

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780195104615

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Passion and Reason describes how readers can interpret what lies behind their own emotions and those of their families, friends, and co-workers, and provides useful ideas about how to manage our emotions more effectively.


Feeling & Knowing

Feeling & Knowing

Author: Antonio Damasio

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2021-10-26

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1524747564

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From one of the world’s leading neuroscientists: a succinct, illuminating, wholly engaging investigation of how biology, neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence have given us the tools to unlock the mysteries of human consciousness “One thrilling insight after another ... Damasio has succeeded brilliantly in narrowing the gap between body and mind.” —The New York Times Book Review In recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the problem of consciousness unsolvable, but Antonio Damasio is convinced that recent findings across multiple scientific disciplines have given us a way to understand consciousness and its significance for human life. In the forty-eight brief chapters of Feeling & Knowing, and in writing that remains faithful to our intuitive sense of what feeling and experiencing are about, Damasio helps us understand why being conscious is not the same as sensing, why nervous systems are essential for the development of feelings, and why feeling opens the way to consciousness writ large. He combines the latest discoveries in various sciences with philosophy and discusses his original research, which has transformed our understanding of the brain and human behavior. Here is an indispensable guide to understand­ing how we experience the world within and around us and find our place in the universe.


Affective Dialogue Systems

Affective Dialogue Systems

Author: Elisabeth Andre

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2004-06-08

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 3540221433

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Human conversational partners are able, at least to a certain extent, to detect the speaker’s or listener’s emotional state and may attempt to respond to it accordingly. When instead one of the interlocutors is a computer a number of questions arise, such as the following: To what extent are dialogue systems able to simulate such behaviors? Can we learn the mechanisms of emotional be- viors from observing and analyzing the behavior of human speakers? How can emotionsbeautomaticallyrecognizedfromauser’smimics,gesturesandspeech? What possibilities does a dialogue system have to express emotions itself? And, very importantly, would emotional system behavior be desirable at all? Given the state of ongoing research into incorporating emotions in dialogue systems we found it timely to organize a Tutorial and Research Workshop on A?ectiveDialogueSystems(ADS2004)atKlosterIrseein GermanyduringJune 14–16, 2004. After two successful ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshops on Multimodal Dialogue Systems at the same location in 1999 and 2002, we felt that a workshop focusing on the role of a?ect in dialogue would be a valuable continuation of the workshop series. Due to its interdisciplinary nature, the workshop attracted submissions from researchers with very di?erent backgrounds and from many di?erent research areas, working on, for example, dialogue processing, speech recognition, speech synthesis, embodied conversational agents, computer graphics, animation, user modelling, tutoring systems, cognitive systems, and human-computer inter- tion.


An Aspie's Guide to Understanding and Expressing Emotions

An Aspie's Guide to Understanding and Expressing Emotions

Author: Dr Anthony Attwood

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2014-11-28

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 178450128X

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Understanding and expressing emotions is a key daily stressor for people with Asperger's Syndrome and this ebook is packed with advice from Aspie mentors who have all been there, done that, and offer suggestions for strategies that really work. Ruth Elaine Joyner Hane, Steve Selpal, Anita Lesko and more offer guidance based on their personal experiences overcoming emotional difficulties and the ebook ends with professional analysis and recommendations from world expert Dr. Tony Attwood. This inspirational advice comes from the bestselling book Been There. Done That. Try This!, written by Aspies for Aspies, now available in short Aspie Mentor Guides!


How Emotions Are Made

How Emotions Are Made

Author: Lisa Feldman Barrett

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2017-03-07

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 0544129962

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Preeminent psychologist Lisa Barrett lays out how the brain constructs emotions in a way that could revolutionize psychology, health care, the legal system, and our understanding of the human mind. “Fascinating . . . A thought-provoking journey into emotion science.”—The Wall Street Journal “A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented.”—Scientific American “A brilliant and original book on the science of emotion, by the deepest thinker about this topic since Darwin.”—Daniel Gilbert, best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology. Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose research overturns the long-standing belief that emotions are automatic, universal, and hardwired in different brain regions. Instead, Barrett shows, we construct each instance of emotion through a unique interplay of brain, body, and culture. A lucid report from the cutting edge of emotion science, How Emotions Are Made reveals the profound real-world consequences of this breakthrough for everything from neuroscience and medicine to the legal system and even national security, laying bare the immense implications of our latest and most intimate scientific revolution.


The Empath's Survival Guide

The Empath's Survival Guide

Author: Judith Orloff

Publisher: Sounds True

Published: 2017-04-04

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1622038312

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What is the difference between having empathy and being an empath? “Having empathy means our heart goes out to another person in joy or pain,” says Dr. Judith Orloff “But for empaths it goes much farther We actually feel others’ emotions, energy, and physical symptoms in our own bodies, without the usual defenses that most people have.” With The Empath’s Survival Guide, Dr. Orloff offers an invaluable resource to help sensitive people develop healthy coping mechanisms in our high-stimulus world—while fully embracing the empath’s gifts of intuition, creativity, and spiritual connection. In this practical and empowering book for empaths and their loved ones, Dr. Orloff begins with self-assessment exercises to help you understand your empathic nature, then offers potent strategies for protecting yourself from overwhelm and replenishing your vital energy For any sensitive person who’s been told to “grow a thick skin,” here is your lifelong guide for staying fully open while building resilience, exploring your gifts of deep perception, raising empathic children, and feeling welcomed and valued by a world that desperately needs what you have to offer.


When I Sense Emotions

When I Sense Emotions

Author: Devon Phipps

Publisher: LULU

Published: 2014-06-10

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1483413217

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When I Sense Emotions is a collection of emotional and raw poetry by author Devon Phipps. His chilling poetry will pique emotions as it makes us question who we are and why our emotions are stimulated so profoundly. Emotions we keep hidden will surely awaken and we will feel as one. Written completely in free verse poetry with some other literary elements, this collection will capture the soul and awaken dormant emotions, while speaking directly to the ups and downs of everyday life. This book of verse captures the true essence of the emotions encountered when things change or don't go as planned. Again Seeing you again is my only battle. Although you are far away, The memories of our past keep me motivated. Don't you remember? We were always happy, A day never wasted on meaningless obstacles That stood in our way. Even though the clock slays the hours we were together, It cannot slay The deep feelings I have for you. Just remember That we will meet again.


Emotions and Affect in Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction

Emotions and Affect in Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction

Author: Myounghoon Jeon

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2017-04-05

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 0128018798

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Emotions and Affect in Human Factors and Human–Computer Interaction is a complete guide for conducting affect-related research and design projects in H/F and HCI domains. Introducing necessary concepts, methods, approaches, and applications, the book highlights how critical emotions and affect are to everyday life and interaction with cognitive artifacts. The text covers the basis of neural mechanisms of affective phenomena, as well as representative approaches to Affective Computing, Kansei Engineering, Hedonomics, and Emotional Design. The methodologies section includes affect induction techniques, measurement techniques, detection and recognition techniques, and regulation models and strategies. The application chapters discuss various H/F and HCI domains: product design, human–robot interaction, behavioral health and game design, and transportation. Engineers and designers can learn and apply psychological theories and mechanisms to account for their affect-related research and can develop their own domain-specific theory. The approach outlined in this handbook works to close the existing gap between the traditional affect research and the emerging field of affective design and affective computing. - Provides a theoretical background of affective sciences - Demonstrates diverse affect induction methods in actual research settings - Describes sensing technologies, such as brain–computer interfaces, facial expression detection, and more - Covers emotion modeling and its application to regulation processes - Includes case studies and applied examples in a variety of H/F and HCI application areas - Addresses emerging interdisciplinary areas including Positive Technology, Subliminal Perception, Physiological Computing, and Aesthetic Computing


Emotions Matter

Emotions Matter

Author: Alan Hunt

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1442644133

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"The chapters comprising this edited volume originate from a workshop organized at Carleton University in May of 2009"--Introd.