Proceedings-Artikel
Gesture and Emotion: Are handedness and hand-shape discriminative features of emotions?
Michael Kipp; J.-C. Martin
In: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Affective Computation and Intelligent Interaction. IEEE International Conference on Affective Computation and Intelligent Interaction (ACII-09), September 10-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands, IEEE Press, 2009.
Abstract
The question how exactly gesture and emotion are inter- related is still sparsely covered in research, yet highly rele- vant for building affective artificial agents. In our study, we investigate how basic gestural form features (handedness, hand shape, palm orientation and motion direction) are re- lated to components of emotion. We argue that material produced by actors in filmed theater stagings are particu- larly well suited for such analyses. Our results indicate that there may be a universal association of gesture handedness with the emotional dimensions of pleasure and arousal. We discuss this and more specific findings, and conclude with possible implications and applications of our study.