Exploring manipulative hand movements during a stressful condition

M. Bruns, M. Varkevisser, P.P.M. Hekkert, D.V. Keyson

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    Abstract

    By observing the way people who are stressed interact with objects one may be able to interpret how they feel (Krauss et al., 1996). For instance, at a presentation a nervous presenter can often be seen fidgeting with a pen or pointer. This has shown to be true even if people are actively trying to suppress or hide these feelings (Ekman & Friesen, 1967). The behaviors when manipulating objects during a stressful event appear to be qualitatively different from manipulations during boring or neutral events (Kenner, 1984). Yet, no studies were found in which a categorization was made in the types of manipulative hand movements during different arousing and non-arousing conditions. The goal of this study was to explore what manipulative hand movements are evoked when using a pen during a stressful event as compared to a neutral event.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAffective computing and intelligent interaction
    EditorsA. Paiva, R. Prada, R.W. Picard
    Place of PublicationBerlin
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages757-758
    Number of pages2
    ISBN (Print)978-3-540-74888-5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007
    Eventconference; ACII 2007 -
    Duration: 1 Jan 2007 → …

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
    Volume4738
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743

    Conference

    Conferenceconference; ACII 2007
    Period1/01/07 → …
    OtherACII 2007

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