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ACII
2011
Springer
12 years 4 months ago
Exploring the Relationship between Novice Programmer Confusion and Achievement
Abstract. Using a discovery-with-models approach, we study the relationships between novice Java programmers’ experiences of confusion and their achievement, as measured through ...
Diane Marie C. Lee, Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo, Ryan ...
ACII
2011
Springer
12 years 4 months ago
Are You Friendly or Just Polite? - Analysis of Smiles in Spontaneous Face-to-Face Interactions
This work is part of a research effort to understand and characterize the morphological and dynamic features of polite and amused smiles. We analyzed a dataset consisting of young ...
Mohammed E. Hoque, Louis-Philippe Morency, Rosalin...
ACII
2011
Springer
12 years 4 months ago
Toward a Computational Model of Affective Responses to Stories for Augmenting Narrative Generation
Current approaches to story generation do not utilize models of human affect to create stories with dramatic arc, suspense, and surprise. This paper describes current and future wo...
Brian O'Neill
ACII
2011
Springer
12 years 4 months ago
Predicting Facial Indicators of Confusion with Hidden Markov Models
Affect plays a vital role in learning. During tutoring, particular affective states may benefit or detract from student learning. A key cognitiveaffective state is confusion, which...
Joseph F. Grafsgaard, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Jame...
ACII
2011
Springer
12 years 4 months ago
A Multimodal Database for Mimicry Analysis
In this paper we introduce a multi-modal database for the analysis of human interaction, in particular mimicry, and elaborate on the theoretical hypotheses of the relationship betw...
Xiaofan Sun, Jeroen Lichtenauer, Michel Fran&ccedi...
ACII
2011
Springer
12 years 4 months ago
Interpreting Hand-Over-Face Gestures
People often hold their hands near their faces as a gesture in natural conversation, which can interfere with affective inference from facial expressions. However, these gestures ...
Marwa Mahmoud, Peter Robinson
ACII
2011
Springer
12 years 4 months ago
Expressive Gesture Model for Humanoid Robot
Abstract. This paper presents an expressive gesture model that generates communicative gestures accompanying speech for the humanoid robot Nao. The research work focuses mainly on ...
Le Quoc Anh, Catherine Pelachaud
ACII
2011
Springer
12 years 4 months ago
The Impact of Music on Affect during Anger Inducing Drives
Abstract. Driver anger could be potentially harmful for road safety and longterm health. Because of its mood inducing properties, music is assumed to be a potential medium that cou...
Marjolein D. van der Zwaag, Stephen H. Fairclough,...