Paper Info
Title
I didn't know that virtual agent was angry at me: investigating effects of gaze direction on emotion recognition and evaluation
Abstract
Previous research has shown a link between gazing behavior and type of emotion felt. It appears that approach-oriented emotions are better perceived in combination with a direct gaze, whereas avoidance-oriented emotions are better perceived in combination with an averted gaze. In this study, we investigate whether this effect can be applied to persuasive social agents. We hypothesized that an approach-oriented emotion is more credible when combined with a direct gaze, whereas an avoidance-oriented emotion is more credible when combined with an averted gaze. This was tested with both an implicit categorization task and an explicit evaluation. The hypothesis was supported for angry expressions, but not for sad ones. Implications for further research and the design of effective persuasive agents are discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1007/978-3-642-37157-8_23
PERSUASIVE
Keywords
Field
DocType
virtual agent,approach-oriented emotion,avoidance-oriented emotion,emotion recognition,gazing behavior,implicit categorization task,persuasive social agent,previous research,angry expression,explicit evaluation,effective persuasive agent
Social psychology,Categorization,Implicit-association test,Gaze,Expression (mathematics),Emotion recognition,Virtual agent,Psychology,Cognitive psychology,Emotional expression,Social agents
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.43
3
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Peter A. M. Ruijten1318.49
Cees J. H. Midden221541.38
Jaap Ham328424.10