Abstract. Recent research has established the potential for virtual characters to establish rapport with humans through simple contingent nonverbal behaviors. We hypothesized that ...
Jonathan Gratch, Ning Wang, Jillian Gerten, Edward...
Research show that teacher's nonverbal immediacy can have a positive impact on student's cognitive learning and affect [31]. This paper investigates the effectiveness of ...
Many potential applications of virtual agents require an agent to conduct multiple conversations with users. An effective and engaging agent should modify its behavior in realisti...
We explored the association between users' social anxiety and the interactional fidelity of an agent (also referred to as a virtual human), specifically addressing whether th...
Sin-Hwa Kang, Jonathan Gratch, Ning Wang, James H....