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HORUS: An Emotion Recognition Tool

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Intelligent Systems and Applications (IntelliSys 2019)

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Emotion is an essential part of what means to be human, but it is still disregarded by most technical fields as something not to be considered in scientific or engineering projects. However, the understanding of emotion as an aspect of decision-making processes and of modelling of human behavior is essential to create a better connection between humans and their tools and machines. With this work we focus on the measurement of emotion of users through the use of non-intrusive methods, like measuring inputs and reactions to stimuli, along with the creation of a tool that measures the emotional changes caused by visual output created by the tool itself. Usage of the tool in a test environment and the subsequent analysis of the data obtained will allow for conclusions about the effectiveness of the method, and if it is possible to apply it to future studies on human emotions by investigators in the fields of psychology and computation.

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This work has been supported by FCT – FundaĂ§Ă£o para a CiĂªncia e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UID/CEC/00319/2019.

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Teixeira, A., Rodrigues, M., Carneiro, D., Novais, P. (2020). HORUS: An Emotion Recognition Tool. In: Bi, Y., Bhatia, R., Kapoor, S. (eds) Intelligent Systems and Applications. IntelliSys 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1037. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29516-5_11

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