Does your computer know how you're feeling?
Researchers in Bangladesh have designed a computer program that can accurately recognize users' emotional states as much as 87% of the time, depending on the emotion.
Software
Aug 22, 2014
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Your smartphone is looking at you – but can it read your emotions?
Smartphones can already understand your voice commands but imagine if they tried to read your emotions as well.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 12, 2014
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Physicists can use their tools to help understand how, in real life, opinions form and change
Social phenomena fascinate with their complexity, but are not easily understood. Pawel Sobkowicz, an independent researcher based in Warsaw, Poland, has developed a model to study the dynamics of normal people, called 'agents', ...
General Physics
Jul 31, 2013
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Tendency to fear is strong political influence
It's no secret that fear is a mechanism often used in political campaigns to steer public opinion on hot-button issues like immigration and war. But not everyone is equally predisposed to be influenced by such a strategy, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 5, 2013
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The housing market: Consumers struggle to get the price right
Consumers systematically mispredict both the selling and purchase prices of other consumers due to a lack of cognitive and emotional connection, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Social Sciences
Jan 15, 2013
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Tracking facial features to make driving safer and more comfortable
(Phys.org)—For those familiar with its language, the face reflects much about an individual's identity and emotional state. EPFL scientists are developing a tool that will be able to use facial information to make the cars ...
Engineering
Nov 16, 2012
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A computer system allows a machine to recognize a person's emotional state
The system created by these researchers can be used to automatically adapt the dialogue to the user's situation, so that the machine's response is adequate to the person's emotional state. "Thanks to this new development, ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 21, 2011
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Innovative research reawakens human memories through intelligent textiles
As part of the 2010 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, two teams of researchers led by Professor Barbara Layne of Concordia University, Montreal, and Professor Janis Jefferies at Goldsmiths, University of London, ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 3, 2010
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Rose-colored glasses have many shades: Shopping decisions and emotions
A proud consumer won't necessarily make the same purchase as a contented one, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2010
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Consumer anger pays off: Strategic displays may aid negotiations
The time-honored tradition of displaying emotions to try to get a better deal might actually work, but inflating emotions can backfire, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Social Sciences
May 12, 2009
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