affective computing
nounEtymology Coined by Rosalind Picard in 1997.
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The study and development of systems and devices that can recognize, interpret, process, and simulate human affects.
Artificial intelligence
- In fact, some HCI designers advocate the use of AFEA as a means of helping users better understand their emotions and individual psyches, suggesting that “affective computing” applications can be used for emotional and expressive self-assessment.2011, Kelly A. Gates, Our Biometric Future, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 185:
- Related terms
- human-computer interaction