Learning outcomes
The goal of the course is to give students a deep understanding of the basis of human communication and the meaning of emotions both for individuals and the interaction between individuals. The course introduces visions on how human–technology interaction could be developed in the future.
Contents
The course consists of a series of lectures and discussions about nonverbal communication, the neural and biological basis of communication and emotions, interconnections between emotions and cognition and motivation, and human–computer interaction.
Teaching methods
| Teaching method | Contact | Online |
| Lectures | 24 h | 0 h |
+ independent work
Teaching language
FinnishModes of study
Written examination on lectures and literature. Foreign student can take this course by literature examination. The literature will be informed separately for students who have registered themselves in time to the course.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.Recommended year of study
3. year springAdvanced studies, 3rd year spring semester or later.
Study materials
Articles: 1. LeDoux, J.E. (2000) Emotion circuits in the brain. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 23:155-184. 2. Christine Lisetti, Cynthia LeRouge (2004) Affective Computing in Telehome Health. Proceedings of the 37th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - 2004, 1-8. 3. Rizzolatti, G., and Arbib, A. A. (1998). Language within our grasp, Trends in Neuroscience, 21, 188-194. 4. Schaal, S (1999). Is imitation learning the route to humanoid robots? Trends in Cognitive Sciences 3:233-242. 5. Surakka, V. (1996) Kasvonilmeet ja emootioiden tutkimus. Psykologia, 31, 412-420. 5. Surakka, V. (2004) Tunteet ja sosiaalisuus ihminen-tietokone vuorovaikutuksessa, 39, 19-28. Cassell - Sullivan - Prevost - Churchill, Embodied Conversational Agents. The MIT Press 2000.
Further information
Previous name: Human Communication, Emotions, and Computation
Belongs to following study modules
2009–2010
