The voice is often the only continuous channel of expression in pitch videos. We isolate the
influence of entrepreneurs' vocal expressions on funding by examining how valence …

Objectives The main objectives of this research are (1) to uniquely design assistive
behaviors for socially assistive robots using the principles of persuasion from behavioral …

Recent advances in spoken language technology, artificial intelligence, and conversational
interface design, coupled with the emergence of smart devices, have increased the …

Politeness behaviors could affect individuals' decisions heavily in their daily lives and may
therefore also play an important role in human-agent interactions. This study considers the …

Smart mobile devices have fostered new interaction scenarios that demand sophisticated
interfaces. The main developers of operating systems for such devices provide APIs for …

When modeling life-like Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs), conveying politeness
through verbal and nonverbal behaviors with persuasive intents is a significant challenge …

Virtual agents are often employed in persuasive applications, and different studies in the
literature have shown that the gender of the agent may have an impact on how users …

Abstract Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) systems must provide adapted services easily
accessible by a wide variety of users. This can only be possible if the communication …

What makes someone feel healthy? Why do some people respond differently under stress to
others? Why don't people always follow nursing advice? This second edition of Introducing …

Future Intelligent Environments will feature fixed and mobile display screens with socially-
aware virtual embodied agents. This paper addresses the potential of virtual embodied …