During the past decade, social interaction in computer systems has attracted wide attention
from the human-computer interaction and robotics communities. One of the essential …

Recent decades have seen a flourishing of scholarship on wellbeing. Looking ahead, the
next frontier may be engaging with the possibility of non-human forms of wellbeing. This …

Considering widespread resistance to COVID-19 preventive measures, the authors draw on
hypocrisy induction theory to examine whether online chatbots can be used to induce …

Facial expressions play a crucial role in emotion recognition as compared to other
modalities. In this work, an integrated network, which is capable of recognizing emotion …

Flexible passenger transportation occurs in response to the rigidity of the routes and travel
conditions offered by conventional public transportation systems. In this modality, both origin …

For the purpose of improving the user experience of mobile smart terminals for the elderly,
accessibility tools have become an indispensable component of intelligent system …

Affective interaction with virtual humans can enhance the quality of user experience in virtual
reality. It takes place through various considerations such as emotional representation in …

Sometimes, the conscious act of decision-making in humans is dramatically interrupted by
situations that warrant an immediate response (eg when there is an imminent risk). The …

The somatic marker hypothesis proposes that when a person faces a decision scenario,
many thoughts arise and different “physical consequences” are fleetingly observable. It is …

Episodic memory and emotions are considered essential functions in human cognition. Both
allow us to acquire new knowledge from the environment, ranging from the objects around …