Title
Does Non-Verbal Behavior Of An Embodied Agent Matter?
Abstract
This paper reflects on some of our research on embodied agents from the viewpoint of non-verbal behavior In previous studies we aimed to investigate the utility of embodied interface agent by applying novel evaluation methods. One study tracks bio-signals in order to evaluate the impact of affective agent behavior on the stress level of users [13]. In another study, users' eye movements were recorded to demonstrate the benefit of an embodied interface agent as a navigational guide [6]. Since the encouraging results of these two studies mostly relied on the use of non-verbal agent behaviors, including non-verbal means to express affect and empathy as well as deictic gestures, we want to answer the question posed in the title of the current paper in the affirmative: non-verbal agent behavior matters for effective human-computer interaction.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1109/AMT.2005.1505416
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2005 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACTIVE MEDIA TECHNOLOGY (AMT 2005)
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
life-like characters, utility, bio-signal and eye movement tracking, non-verbal behavior
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
4
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Helmut Prendinger11600140.67
Chunling Ma2745.83
Junichiro Mori333127.65
Mitsuru Ishizuka43232303.83