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Coverbal Synchrony in Human-Machine Interaction
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Coverbal Synchrony in Human-Machine Interaction

by Matej Rojc, Nick Campbell
October 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
434 pages
14h 40m
English
CRC Press
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CHAPTER 9
Co-speech Gesture Generation
for Embodied Agents and its
Effects on User Evaluation
Kirsten Bergmann
1. Introduction
When we are face to face with others, we use not only speech, but
also a multitude of nonverbal behaviors to communicate with each
other. A head nod expresses accordance with what someone else said
before. A facial expression like a frown indicates doubts or misgivings
about what one is hearing or seeing. A pointing gesture is used to
refer to something. More complex movements or configurations of
the hands depict the shape or size of an object. Of all these nonverbal
behaviors, gestures, the spontaneous and meaningful hand motions
that accompany speech, stand out as they are very closely linked to
the semantic content ...
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