EmotionAir: Perception of Emotions from Air Jet Based Tactile Stimulation

Author

Tsalamlal, M.Y. ; Ouarti, N. ; Martin, Jean-Claude ; Ammi, Meryem

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., LIMSI, Univ. of Paris-Sud, Orsay, France

fYear

2013

fDate

2-5 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

215

Lastpage

220

Abstract

Several studies in affective computing consider the role of haptic channel via the tactile and kinesthetic components. However, these works used constraining haptic devices with limited stimulation strategies. This paper proposes to investigate a new haptic device for the tactile stimulation with a mobile air jet. This approach is more suitable for the stimulation of skin mechanoreceptors which play an important role in social and affective behaviors. An experimental study was conducted in order to understand the relationships between the physical features of the air jet and the perception of emotions by participants. The results highlight a main effect of the intensity and movement velocity of the air jet stimulation on the evaluations of valence, arousal, and dominance.

Keywords

behavioural sciences computing; haptic interfaces; skin; touch (physiological); EmotionAir framework; affective behaviors; affective computing; air jet stimulation intensity; air jet stimulation movement velocity; arousal evaluation; dominance evaluation; emotion perception; haptic channel; haptic devices; kinesthetic component; mobile air jet-based tactile stimulation; physical features; skin mechanoreceptor stimulation; social behaviors; tactile component; valence evaluation; Affective computing; Analysis of variance; Educational institutions; Haptic interfaces; Mobile communication; Psychology; Skin; air jet stimulation; emotion; perception; tactile;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII), 2013 Humaine Association Conference on

Conference_Location

Geneva

ISSN

2156-8103

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACII.2013.42

Filename

6681433