Title
Towards a smiling ECA: studies on mimicry, timing and types of smiles
Abstract
Smile is one of the most often used nonverbal signals. Depending on when, how and where it is displayed, it may convey various meanings. We believe that introducing the variety of smiles may improve the communicative skills of embodied conversational agents. In this paper we present on-going research on the role of smile in embodied conversational agents. In particular, we analyze the significance of smiling while the agent is either speaking or listening. We also show how it may communicate different messages such as amusement, embarrassment and politeness through different smile morphologies and dynamism.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1145/1878116.1878134
SSPW@MM
Keywords
Field
DocType
communicative skill,nonverbal signal,conversational agent,synchrony,different smile morphology,social interaction,smile,facial expressions,eca,various meaning,different message,virtual agents,facial expression
Communication,Embodied agent,Politeness,Cognitive psychology,Active listening,Psychology,Nonverbal communication,Amusement,Embodied cognition,Facial expression,Embarrassment
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.37
10
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Radoslaw Niewiadomski141435.95
Ken Prepin2657.97
Elisabetta Bevacqua333728.51
Magalie Ochs432635.76
Catherine Pelachaud52706279.88