113 research outputs found
Cardiovascular reactivity in a simulated job interview: the role of gender role self-concept
This study investigated the relation of gender role self-concept (G-SC) to cardiovascular
and emotional reactions to an ecologically relevant stressor in a sample of
graduating male and female university students. Thirty-seven men and 37 women
completed the Personal Attribute Questionnaire and worked on four tasks designed to
reflect common features of a job interview. Blood pressure and heart rate were measured
at baseline, during, and after each task; subjective stress was measured at baseline
and after each task. Subjective and objective stress scores were averaged across
tasks and analyzed by sex and G-SC (i.e., instrumentality, expressiveness). Results indicated
that women as a group demonstrated greater emotional reactivity, but did not
differ in their physiological reactions when compared to men. Regardless of sex, participantsâ
instrumentality scores contributed significantly to the variation in subjective
stress response: those scoring high on instrumentality reported less stress, but evidenced
greater blood pressure reactivity than those scoring low on instrumentality.
These results suggest that gender roles, particularly an instrumental self-concept,
may play an important role in both subjective and objective reactions to an ecologically
relevant stressor
As Far as the Eye Can See: Relationship between Psychopathic Traits and Pupil Response to Affective Stimuli
Psychopathic individuals show a range of affective processing deficits, typically associated with the interpersonal/affective component of psychopathy. However, previous research has been inconsistent as to whether psychopathy, within both offender and community populations, is associated with deficient autonomic responses to the simple presentation of affective stimuli. Changes in pupil diameter occur in response to emotionally arousing stimuli and can be used as an objective indicator of physiological reactivity to emotion. This study used pupillometry to explore whether psychopathic traits within a community sample were associated with hypo-responsivity to the affective content of stimuli. Pupil activity was recorded for 102 adult (52 female) community participants in response to affective (both negative and positive affect) and affectively neutral stimuli, that included images of scenes, static facial expressions, dynamic facial expressions and sound-clips. Psychopathic traits were measured using the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure. Pupil diameter was larger in response to negative stimuli, but comparable pupil size was demonstrated across pleasant and neutral stimuli. A linear relationship between subjective arousal and pupil diameter was found in response to sound-clips, but was not evident in response to scenes. Contrary to predictions, psychopathy was unrelated to emotional modulation of pupil diameter across all stimuli. The findings were the same when participant gender was considered. This suggests that psychopathy within a community sample is not associated with autonomic hypo-responsivity to affective stimuli, and this effect is discussed in relation to later defensive/appetitive mobilisation deficits
Towards expressive musical robots: a cross-modal framework for emotional gesture, voice and music
The Body Action and Posture Coding System (BAP): Development and Reliability
Several methods are available for coding body movement in nonverbal behavior research, but there is no consensus on a reliable coding system that can be used for the study of emotion expression. Adopting an integrative approach, we developed a new method, the Body Action and Posture (BAP) coding system, for the time-aligned micro description of body movement on an anatomical level (different articulations of body parts), a form level (direction and orientation of movement), and a functional level (communicative and self-regulatory functions). We applied the system to a new corpus of acted emotion portrayals, examined its comprehensiveness and demonstrated intercoder reliability at three levels: a) occurrence, b) temporal precision and c) segmentation. We discuss issues for further validation and propose some research applications
DAVID: An open-source platform for real-time transformation of infra-segmental emotional cues in running speech
Automated analysis of non-verbal expressive gesture
none5A framework and software system for real-time tracking and analysis of non-verbal expressive and emotional behavior is proposed. The objective is to design and create multimodal
interactive systems for the automated analysis of emotions. The
system will give audiovisual feedback to support the therapy of
children affected by Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC). The system is based on the EyesWeb XMI open software platform and
on Kinect depth sensors.Piana, Stefano; Mancini, Maurizio; Camurri, Antonio; Varni, Giovanna; Volpe, GualtieroPiana, Stefano; Mancini, Maurizio; Camurri, Antonio; Varni, Giovanna; Volpe, Gualtier
Preschoolers' Knowledge about Strategies in Coping with Other's Disgust Evoked by Immoral Actions
Implementing distinctive behavior for conversational agents
We aim to define conversational agents exhibiting distinctive behavior. To this aim we provide a small set of parameters to allow one to define behavior profiles and then leave to the system the task of animating the agents. Our approach is to manipulate the behavior tendency of the agents depending on their communicative intention and emotional state. In this paper we define the concepts of Baseline and Dynamicline. The Baseline of an agent is defined as a set of fixed parameters that represent the personalized agent behavior, while the Dynamicline is a set of parameters that derive both from the Baseline and the current communicative intention and emotional state. \ua9 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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