Vogeley K and Bente G Artificial humans Psychology and neuroscience perspectives on embodiment and nonverbal communication Neural Networks 23英文电子书.pdf

Neural Networks 23 (2010) 1077–1090 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Neural Networks journal homepage: /locate/neunet 2010 Special Issue ‘‘Artificial humans’’: Psychology and neuroscience perspectives on embodiment and nonverbal communication Kai Vogeley a,∗, Gary Bente b a Department of Psychiatry, University of Cologne, Germany b Department of Media and Social Psychology, University of Cologne, Germany a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Keywords: ‘‘Artificial humans’’, so-called ‘‘Embodied Conversational Agents’’ and humanoid robots, are assumed Artificial humans to facilitate human–technology interaction referring to the unique human capacities of interpersonal Nonverbal communication communication and social information processing. While early research and development in artificial Social psychology Social cognitive neuroscience intelligence (AI) focused on processing and production of natural language, the ‘‘new AI’’ has also taken into account the emotional and relational aspects of communication with an emphasis both on understanding and production of nonverbal behavior. This shift in attention in computer science and engineering is reflected in recent developments in psychology and social cognitive neuroscience.