The present study examined the functional association of the amygdala and right ventral
prefrontal cortex (PFC) during cognitive evaluation of facial expressions. A situation was …

This paper presents an overview of some of the synthetic visual objects supported by MPEG-
4 version-1, namely animated faces and animated arbitrary 2D uniform and Delaunay …

Establishing mathematical models is a ubiquitous and effective method to understand the
objective world. Due to the complex physiological structures and dynamic behaviors, the …

The objectives of this study were to propose a method of presenting dynamic facial
expressions to experimental subjects, in order to investigate human perception of avatar's …

This study examines the neural substrates involved in the recognition of ambiguous facial
expressions using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Subjects performed two tasks …

Tools that provide visual feedback about emotions to the user in the form of an avatar or an
emoticon have become increasingly important. While a great deal of effort has already been …

This study investigates the effects of advertising appeals on consumers' intentions to
purchase environmentally friendly products and services. Specifically, the authors focus on …

Traditional methods of biometric analysis are unable to overcome the limitations of existing
approaches, mainly due to the lack of standards for input data, privacy concerns involving …

The present study investigates the perception of facial expressions of emotion, and explores
the relation between the configural properties of expressions and their subjective attribution …

The author's goal is to generate a virtual space close to the real communication environment
between network users or between humans and machines. There should be an avatar in …