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Expressive Avatars in Psychological Intervention and Therapy

Expressive Avatars in Psychological Intervention and Therapy

Ana Paula Cláudio, Maria Beatriz Carmo, Augusta Gaspar, Renato Teixeira
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781522573715|ISBN10: 1522573712|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522587484|EISBN13: 9781522573722
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7371-5.ch002
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Cláudio, Ana Paula, et al. "Expressive Avatars in Psychological Intervention and Therapy." Interface Support for Creativity, Productivity, and Expression in Computer Graphics, edited by Anna Ursyn, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 27-48. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7371-5.ch002

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Cláudio, A. P., Carmo, M. B., Gaspar, A., & Teixeira, R. (2019). Expressive Avatars in Psychological Intervention and Therapy. In A. Ursyn (Ed.), Interface Support for Creativity, Productivity, and Expression in Computer Graphics (pp. 27-48). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7371-5.ch002

Chicago

Cláudio, Ana Paula, et al. "Expressive Avatars in Psychological Intervention and Therapy." In Interface Support for Creativity, Productivity, and Expression in Computer Graphics, edited by Anna Ursyn, 27-48. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7371-5.ch002

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Abstract

A wide range of applications for virtual humans can be envisaged for the needs of both research and intervention in Psychology. This chapter describes the development and preliminary testing of an interactive virtual reality application “Virtual Spectators” – whereby virtual humans with expressive behaviour modelled on the basis of field research in human facial expression in real emotion contexts can be configured to interact with people in an interview or jury. We discuss the possibilities of this application in cognitive behavioural therapy using virtual reality and in nonverbal behaviour.

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