Verbal communication is an expanding field in robotics showing a significant increase in
both the industrial and research field. The application of verbal communication in robotics …

Human emotion understanding is pivotal in making conversational technology mainstream.
We view speech emotion understanding as a perception task which is a more realistic …

Background With the widespread use of social media, people share their real-time thoughts
and feelings via interactions on these platforms, including those revolving around mental …

As social animals, humans are strongly affected by social bonds and interpersonal
interactions. Proximity and social support from significant others may buffer the negative …

It has repeatedly been shown that visually presented stimuli can gain additional relevance
by their association with affective stimuli. Studies have shown effects of associated affect in …

Based on a review of eudaimonic emotion concepts, definitional and empirical overlaps
between the concepts are identified and a framework of eudaimonic emotions is developed …

Adults differ considerably in their perception of both native and nonnative phonemes. For
instance, when presented with continua of native phonemes on two-alternative forced …

Emotion and perception are tightly intertwined, as affective experiences often arise from the
appraisal of sensory information. Nonetheless, whether the brain encodes emotional …

This chapter traces the complicated history of language as an aspect of different emotion
theories over the last century. Historically, emotion theorists conceived of emotions …

The human voice is a primary channel for emotional communication. It is often presumed
that being able to recognize vocal emotions is important for everyday socio-emotional …