Manual and accelerometer analysis of head nodding patterns in goal-oriented dialogues

Masashi Inoue*, Toshio Irino, Nobuhiro Furuyama, Ryoko Hanada, Takako Ichinomiya, Hiroyasu Massaki

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Abstract

We studied communication patterns in face-to-face dialogues between people for the purpose of identifying conversation features that can be exploited to improve human-computer interactions. We chose to study the psychological counseling setting as it provides good examples of task-oriented dialogues. The dialogues between two participants, therapist and client, were video recorded. The participants' head movements were measured by using head-mounted accelerometers. The relationship between the dialogue process and head nodding frequency was analyzed on the basis of manual annotations. The segments where nods of the two participants correlated were identified on the basis of the accelerometer data. Our analysis suggests that there are characteristic nodding patterns in different dialogue stages.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHuman-Computer Interaction
Subtitle of host publicationInteraction Techniques and Environments - 14th International Conference, HCI International 2011, Proceedings
Pages259-267
Number of pages9
EditionPART 2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2011 - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: 2011 Jul 92011 Jul 14

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume6762 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period11/7/911/7/14

Keywords

  • Accelerometer
  • Dialogue analysis
  • Face-to-face
  • Head nodding

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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