Speech carries essential information about the speaker's physiology and possible
pathophysiological conditions. Bio-acoustic voice qualities show promising value for …

Assessing mental health disorders and determining treatment can be difficult for a number of
reasons, including access to healthcare providers. Assessments and treatments may not be …

Background Several studies have investigated the acoustic effects of diagnosed anxiety and
depression. Anxiety and depression are not characteristics of the typical aging process, but …

Background: In many developed countries, mood disorders have become problematic, and
the economic loss due to treatment costs and interference with work is immeasurable …

There are special topics in cognitive infocommunications where the processing of
continuous speech is necessary. These topics often require the segmentation of speech …

Epidemiological studies suggest that bipolar disorder has a prevalence of about 1% in
European countries, becoming one of the most disabling illnesses in working age adults …

Cognitive Infocommunications is a nascent focal point of study at the intersection of multiple
disciplines, ergo—a multi-discipline. The research community includes anthropologists …

Laughter is one of the most important paralinguistic events, and it has specific roles in
human conversation. The automatic detection of laughter occurrences in human speech can …

Introduction We have conducted research on building a robot dialogue system to support the
independent living of older adults. In order to provide appropriate support for them, it is …

Detecting depression on social media has received significant attention. Developing a
depression detection model helps screen depressed individuals who may need proper …