MOOD SWINGS
 
A
big thanks
from the Design
Happy Ratty
to Byron
Reeves
and Clifford
Nass for
their original research. (Make sure to
pick up a copy of their invaluable book, The
Media Equation.)
This section is from a talk I presented
at The
Machines
That Learn Conference.
There I argued that If you want your
interface to be as emotionally neutral as
possible, you should avoid using faces in
the interface. I worked with Byron and
Cliff on Microsoft
BOB so we
oughta know.
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Unfortunately,
while Affect is easy to achieve,
it is quite difficult to control. As arousal increases, emotions
swing quickly from positive to negative or vice
versa.
| Low
arousal, neutral valence. |
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