Understanding Social Signals: How Do We Recognize the Intentions of Others?

• Main Author: Sebastian Loth (auth)
• Other Authors: Jan P. De Ruiter (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; Social signals; human-robot interaction; social communication; Interaction design; Intention recognition; human-human interaction; experimental methods
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Powerful and economic sensors such as high definition cameras and corresponding recognition software have become readily available, e.g. for face and motion recognition. However, designing user interfaces for robots, phones and computers that facilitate a seamless, intuitive, and apparently effortle...