Affective Computing

Computing that relates to, arises from, or deliberately influences emotions. The goal of affective computing is to create a computing system capable of perceiving, recognizing, and understanding human emotions and responding intelligently, sensitively, and naturally, thus making human–computer interaction more natural. The development of technology to mimic empathy.

Reference:

D’Mello, S., Kappas, A., & Gratch, J. (2018). The affective computing approach to affect measurement. Emotion Review, 10(2), 174-183. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073917696583

Pei, G., Li, H., Lu, Y., Wang, Y., Hua, S., & Li, T. (2024). Affective computing: Recent advances, challenges, and future trends. Intelligent Computing, 3, 0076. https://doi.org/10.34133/icomputing.0076

Picard RW. Affective computing. Cambridge (MA): MIT Press; 1997.