Events 
| CRC Colloquium |
| Montag, 05.11.2007 16:00 - 18:00 | |
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Prof. Klaus R. Scherer, Ph.D. Director, Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences Dept. of Psychology * University of Geneva 40. Bd. du Pont d'Arve * CH-1205 Geneva Tel +41/22/379-9211 or 9215 * Fax +41/22/379-9219 Email Klaus.Scherer@pse.unige.ch http://www.affective-sciences.org/staff/?uid=61 "Emotion in Social Interaction: Implications for Virtual Agents" The computational modeling of emotion has made major progress, partly due to the adoption of cognitive theories of emotion that suggest appraisal as the major mechanism for the elicitation and differentiation of emotion. Given the focus of these theories on mechanisms internal to an individual, the social factors in emotional processes and the role of emotion in social interaction are rarely highlighted in this tradition. This contribution will attempt to remedy this oversight. From the point of view of componential process models, three pertinent social facets will be explored: 1) Social and cultural determinants of appraisal, 2) the role of emotional expression in the negotiation of interpersonal reactions and behavioral intentions in social interaction, and 3) emotional resonance (empathy) and emotional contagion. In each case, functions (e.g., smoothing interaction) and dysfunctions (e.g., escalation) will be discussed. In passing, the relevance of these approaches to human-agent and agent-agent interactions will be commented upon. |
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| contact-person: | Ipke Wachsmuth |
| homepage: | www.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/ |