publication . Article . 2017

Role of Speaker Cues in Attention Inference

Jin Joo Lee; Cynthia Breazeal; David DeSteno;

Open Access

Published: 31 Oct 2017

Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

Country: United States

Summary

Abstract

Current state-of-the-art approaches to emotion recognition primarily focus on modeling the nonverbal expressions of the sole individual without reference to contextual elements such as the co-presence of the partner. In this paper, we demonstrate that the accurate inference of listeners’ social-emotional state of attention depends on accounting for the nonverbal behaviors of their storytelling partner, namely their speaker cues. To gain a deeper understanding of the role of speaker cues in attention inference, we conduct investigations into real-world interactions of children (5–6 years old) storytelling with their peers. Through indepth analysis of human–human ...

doi: 10.3389/FROBT.2017.00047 , 10.3389/frobt.2017.00047/full

Subjects

free text keywords: attention and engagement, nonverbal behaviors, speaker cues, listener backchannels, emotion recognition, children and storytelling, Mechanical engineering and machinery, TJ1-1570, Electronic computers. Computer science, QA75.5-76.95, Communication, business.industry, business, Computer science, Social robot, Nonverbal communication, Human–robot interaction, Machine learning, computer.software_genre, computer, Cognitive psychology, Expression (mathematics), Backchannel, Cue-dependent forgetting, Inference, Artificial intelligence, Storytelling

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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